Query: NC_016050:938000 Rickettsia japonica YH, complete genome Lineage: Rickettsia japonica; Rickettsia; Rickettsiaceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria General Information: The causal agent of Oriental Spotted Fever. Human pathogen. Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria mostly found in arthropods, some of which cause mild to severe diseases in humans. Rickettsia japonica strain YH was isolated in 1985 from the blood of a patient with febrile exanthematous illness in Japan.
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General Information: Country: Red Sea; Environment: Marine; Isolation: Brine water; Atlantis II Deep, Red Sea; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 45 - 50C. This is a gram-negative flexible bacterium isolated from brine water samples of the Atlantis II Deep of the Red Sea at a depth of 2000 m. Halophilic and moderately thermophilic.