Query: NC_016604:3137694 Mycobacterium rhodesiae NBB3 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Mycobacterium rhodesiae; Mycobacterium; Mycobacteriaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Country: Australia; Environment: Creosote-contaminated soil, Soil; Isolation: Estuarine sediment from Garrison Point; Temp: Mesophile. This organism was originally isolated from a case of tuberculosis although its pathogenicity to humans is in question.
Subject: NC_008726:494769 Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1, complete genome
Lineage: Mycobacterium vanbaalenii; Mycobacterium; Mycobacteriaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Isolated from contaminated sites exposed to petrogenic chemicals in the watershed of Redfish Bay, Texas, USA in 1986. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium. Mycobacterium vanbaalenii is a fast-growing soil mycobacterium which can degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as fluoranthene, pyrene, phenanthrene. This organism may be useful for bioremediation.