Query: NC_006156:685344 Borrelia garinii PBi chromosome linear, complete sequence
Lineage: Borrelia bavariensis; Borrelia; Spirochaetaceae; Spirochaetales; Spirochaetes; Bacteria
General Information: This strain (OspA serotype 4) was isolated in Germany from the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with neuroborreliosis. This is a spirochete causing Lyme borreliosis. It is transmitted by rodents. Human pathogen.
Subject: NC_005295:1067421 Ehrlichia ruminantium str. Welgevonden, complete genome
Lineage: Ehrlichia ruminantium; Ehrlichia; Anaplasmataceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain was isolated in mice from an infected tick. Obligate intracellular bacterium and causative agent of heartwater. This organism causes heartwater, a disease with a high mortality rate that affects both wild and domesticated ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of the Caribbean. The name heartwater refers to the hydropericardium (excessive fluid in the sac surrounding the heart) commonly found associated with infection. This organism is found in membrane-bound vacuoles in endothelial cells and neutrophils and is an obligate intracellular parasite.