Query: NC_020126:8984500 Myxococcus stipitatus DSM 14675, complete genome
Lineage: Myxococcus stipitatus; Myxococcus; Myxococcaceae; Myxococcales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Myxococcus stipitatus forms morphologically highly distinct fruiting bodies and produces secondary metabolites with antibiotic or cytotoxic activities.
Subject: NC_008726:925895 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.