Query: NC_015436:440033 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: This organism is able to reduce uranium and may be useful for in situ bioremediation of uranium. An iron(III)-reducing bacterium isolated from the uranium-contaminated subsurface of the U.S. Department of Energy NABIR Field Research Center (FRC), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. Several recent studies have verified using cultivation-independent methods that the Geobacteraceae are predominant in subsurface environments where dissimilatory metal reduction is important to the remediation of uranium and other contaminants.