Query: NC_015518:997707 Acidianus hospitalis W1 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Acidianus hospitalis; Acidianus; Sulfolobaceae; Sulfolobales; Crenarchaeota; Archaea
General Information: Chemolithoautotrophic and facultatively anaerobic acidothermophile. The Acidianus genus consists of acidothermophiles which grow optimally and slowly in the temperature range 65–95 degrees C and at pH 2–4 and belongs to the order Sulfolobales.
Subject: NC_002754:537792 Sulfolobus solfataricus P2, complete genome
Lineage: Sulfolobus solfataricus; Sulfolobus; Sulfolobaceae; Sulfolobales; Crenarchaeota; Archaea
General Information: Hyperthermophilic acidophilic sulfur-metabolizing archeon. This organism is an obligate aerobic, hyperthermophilic, acidophilic, sulfur-metabolizing archeon. Growth occurs between 50 and 87 degrees C with optimal growth at 85 degrees C and a pH of 2-4.5.