Query: NC_021184:1257722 Desulfotomaculum gibsoniae DSM 7213, complete genome
Lineage: Desulfotomaculum gibsoniae; Desulfotomaculum; Peptococcaceae; Clostridiales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Country: Germany; Environment: Animal intestinal microflora, Fresh water; Isolation: freshwater mud; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 37C. This organism is a sulfate-reducing spore forming Gram-positive bacterium which grows anaerobically with sulfate and sulfite as electron acceptors.
Subject: NC_012796:77071 Desulfovibrio magneticus RS-1, complete genome
Lineage: Desulfovibrio magneticus; Desulfovibrio; Desulfovibrionaceae; Desulfovibrionales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Isolated from freshwater sulfide-rich mud of a waterway near Kameno river, Wakayama, in Japan. This organism is a sulfate-reducing delta proteobacterium which synthesizes intracellular magnetite particles. Desulfovibrio magneticus produces irregular, membrane-bound magnetite particles, unlike other magnetite-producing bacteria which contain crystalline magnetite in the cytoplasm. Desulfovibrio magneticus does not migrate along a magnetic field but swims randomly.