Query: NC_015572:427732 Methylomonas methanica MC09 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Methylomonas methanica; Methylomonas; Methylococcaceae; Methylococcales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Environment: Soil; Isolation: soil; Temp: Mesophile. This organism is methanotrophic able to grow using methane or methanol as a sole source of carbon and energy.
Subject: NC_008782:752686 Acidovorax sp. JS42, complete genome
Lineage: Acidovorax; Acidovorax; Comamonadaceae; Burkholderiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Acidovorax sp. JS42, formerly Pseudomonas sp. JS42, was isolated from nitrobenzene-contaminated sediment and is capable of using 2-nitrotolulene as a sole carbon and energy source. 2-nitrotolulene, a nitroaromatic compound, is used in the manufacture of dyes, pigments and explosives. Nitroaromatic compounds, which contain an aromatic ring with one or more nitro groups attached, are a significant contaminant in industrial soils. Acidovorax sp. JS42 degrades 2-nitrotolulene by first removing the nitro moiety producing 3-methylcatechol. The enzyme involved in this process, 2-nitrotolulene dioxygenase, has been purified and characterized.