Query: NC_015144:734726 Weeksella virosa DSM 16922 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Weeksella virosa; Weeksella; Flavobacteriaceae; Flavobacteriales; Bacteroidetes; Bacteria
General Information: Environment: Host; Isolation: Human urine; Temp: Mesophile; Country:USA: North Carolina. Weeksella virosa is a nonsaccharolytic, oxidase- and catalase-positive, gram-negative rod. It has been isolated mainly from the female genitourinary tract.
Subject: NC_000963:83408 Rickettsia prowazekii str. Madrid E, complete genome
Lineage: Rickettsia prowazekii; Rickettsia; Rickettsiaceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain is an egg-passaged attentuated avirulent strain that has been used as a live vaccine and was originally isolated from a typhus patient in Madrid. This species is the causal agent of typhus. The bacteria are transmitted via an insect, usually a tick, to a host organism, in this case humans, where they target endothelial cells and sometimes macrophages. They attach via an adhesin, rickettsial outer membrane protein A, and are internalized where they persist as cytoplasmically free organisms. Transovarial transmission (from mother to offspring) occurs in the invertebrate host.