Query: NC_014720:1161841 Caldicellulosiruptor kronotskyensis 2002 chromosome, complete
Lineage: Caldicellulosiruptor kronotskyensis; Caldicellulosiruptor; Thermoanaerobacterales Family III; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Country: Russia; Environment: Hot spring; Isolation: terrestrial neutral geothermal spring; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 70C. Caldicellulosiruptor kronotskyensis was originally isolated from a hot spring in Russia. This organism is a cellulolytic thermophile able to grow at temperatures of up to 82 degrees C.
Subject: NC_014014:153837 Mycoplasma crocodyli MP145 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Mycoplasma crocodyli; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasmataceae; Mycoplasmatales; Tenericutes; Bacteria
General Information: Mycoplasma crocodyli was isolated from the joint of a crocodile with exudative polyarthritis. The siblingspecies of M. crocodyli, Mycoplasma alligatoris causes acute lethalprimary infection of susceptible hosts, notably American alligators.This pathogen is studied to understand the mechanisms and evolutionaryorigins of that virulence. A genome survey indicated that M. alligatorisuses sialidase (Nanl) and hyaluronidase (NagH) to generate fuel forglycolysis from host cell glycans. M. crocodyli, which does not causedisease in American alligators, possesses NagH but not Nanl, so damageto the host's extracellular matrix alone cannot explain the particularvirulence of M. alligatoris.