Query: NC_011297:833387 Dictyoglomus thermophilum H-6-12, complete genome
Lineage: Dictyoglomus thermophilum; Dictyoglomus; Dictyoglomaceae; Dictyoglomales; Dictyoglomi; Bacteria
General Information: Dictyoglomus thermophilum was isolated from a slightly alkaline hot spring (Tsuetae Hot Spring) in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is an extremely thermophilic, chemoorganotrophic bacterium.
Subject: NC_007798:586500 Neorickettsia sennetsu str. Miyayama, complete genome
Lineage: Neorickettsia sennetsu; Neorickettsia; Anaplasmataceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This organism was first described in 1953 in Japan as causing Sennetsu fever. Causes an infectious mononucleosis-like disease. Like other Ehrlichia, this organism is an obligate intracellular pathogen. It can be transmitted from fish flukes (trematodes) to humans, and was one of the first Ehrlichia that was found to cause a human-specific illness.