Query: NC_015520:2280643 Mahella australiensis 50-1 BON chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Mahella australiensis; Mahella; Thermoanaerobacterales Family IV; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Country: Australia; Environment: Oil fields; Isolation: Riverslea oil field in the Bowen-Surat; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 50C. Mahella australiensis is a spore-forming thermophile and was originally isolated from an Australian oil reservoir.
Subject: NC_007354:845500 Ehrlichia canis str. Jake, complete genome
Lineage: Ehrlichia canis; Ehrlichia; Anaplasmataceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain was isolated in 1989 in North Carolina, USA from a 2-year-old male dog. This organisms causes canine monocytic ehrlichiosis, which is a tick-born disease that causes severe morbidity in domesticated and wild dogs. The brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, transfers the organism from its salivary glands to the animal when feeding. Persistence in the vacuole leads to replication and cell division and eventual release from the cell which leads to further spreading of the bacterium throughout the host. The end result is an increase in platelet count and anemia.