Query: NC_013385:1669510 Ammonifex degensii KC4, complete genome
Lineage: Ammonifex degensii; Ammonifex; Thermoanaerobacteraceae; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Isolation: Neutral volcanic hot spring; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 70C; Habitat: Fresh water, Hot spring. This organism is a thermophilic chemoautotroph able to grow by nitrate ammonification or by sulfate and sulfur reduction. It was isolated from a neutral volcanic hot spring.
Subject: NC_007798:703922 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.