Query: NC_015588:701606 Isoptericola variabilis 225 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Isoptericola variabilis; Isoptericola; Promicromonosporaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Environment: Host; Isolation: hindgut of Australian termite. This is a cellulolytic and xylanolytic bacterium isolated from the hindgut contents of the Australian termite Mastotermes darwiniensis.
Subject: NC_007912:1173752 Saccharophagus degradans 2-40, complete genome
Lineage: Saccharophagus degradans; Saccharophagus; Alteromonadaceae; Alteromonadales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain is a marine gamma-proteobacterium that was isolated from decaying Spartina alterniflora, a salt marsh cord grass, in the Chesapeake Bay, USA. Saccharophagus degradans 2-40 has been used to produce ethanol from plant material and may be useful for the production bioethanol. Bacterium able to degrade complex carbohydrates. Saccharophagus degradans is capable of degrading insoluble complex carbohydrates through the collective action of enzyme complexes found on its cell surfaces, utilizing the degradation products as a carbon source. This organism may be useful in bioremediation. The degradative enzymes this organism produces are typically exoenzymes that are collected and organized into large surface complexes termed cellulosomes.