Query: NC_015436:270820 Spirochaeta coccoides DSM 17374 chromosome, complete genome Lineage: Sphaerochaeta coccoides; Sphaerochaeta; Spirochaetaceae; Spirochaetales; Spirochaetes; Bacteria General Information: Country: Cuba; Environment: Host; Isolation: Hindgut of the termite Neotermes castaneus; Temp: 30C; Temp: Mesophile. This is a coccoid spirochete that was isolated from the hindgut contents of the termite Neotermes castaneus.
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General Information: Social gliding soil bacterium. Stigmatella aurantica, commonly isolated from rotting wood and bark, is a member of a group of organisms called myxobacteria. These organisms have a complex development and differentiation life cycle. When cell density increases, the organism switches to "social motility" where aggregates of cells can gather together into masses termed fruiting bodies that may consist of up to 100,000 cells. Stigmatella aurantica produces a number of compounds, such as aurafuron A and stigmatellin, which may be important as anti-cancer agents.