Query: NC_014721:135982 Caldicellulosiruptor kristjanssonii 177R1B chromosome, complete
Lineage: Caldicellulosiruptor kristjanssonii; Caldicellulosiruptor; Thermoanaerobacterales Family III; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Country: Iceland; Environment: Hot spring; Isolation: Hot spring biomat; Iceland; Temp: Thermophile. Country:Iceland. Caldicellulosiruptor kristjanssonii is able to degrade cellulose, xylan and other complex substrates. This organism is thermophilic with a growth temperature optimum of 72 degrees C.
Subject: NC_013009:721823 Neorickettsia risticii str. Illinois, complete genome
Lineage: Neorickettsia risticii; Neorickettsia; Anaplasmataceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Neorickettsia risticii str. Illinois was isolated from horse blood in Maryland, USA. Neorickettsia risticii, formerly Ehrlichia risticii, is an obligate intracellular bacterium related to the Rickettsia. It can be transmitted from flukes that infest snails, fish or aquatic insects to horses by ingestion. This organism causes Potomac horse fever, also knows as equine monocytic ehrlichiosis, an acute diarrheal disease.