Query: NC_016751:857359 Marinitoga piezophila KA3 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Marinitoga piezophila; Marinitoga; Thermotogaceae; Thermotogales; Thermotogae; Bacteria
General Information: Country: Pacific Ocean; Environment: Deep sea, Hydrothermal vent, Marine; Isolation: deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 65C. Marinitoga piezophila was isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney at a depth of 2630 meters on the East-Pacific Rise. This organism grows best at a pressure of 40 MPa. This organism is a member of the Thermatogales and has the characteristic morphology of one or more cells contained in a sheath-like envelope which extends beyond the cell wall.
Subject: NC_005295:272708 Ehrlichia ruminantium str. Welgevonden, complete genome
Lineage: Ehrlichia ruminantium; Ehrlichia; Anaplasmataceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain was isolated in mice from an infected tick. Obligate intracellular bacterium and causative agent of heartwater. This organism causes heartwater, a disease with a high mortality rate that affects both wild and domesticated ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of the Caribbean. The name heartwater refers to the hydropericardium (excessive fluid in the sac surrounding the heart) commonly found associated with infection. This organism is found in membrane-bound vacuoles in endothelial cells and neutrophils and is an obligate intracellular parasite.