Query: NC_016848:775822 Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue str. CDC2 chromosome, complete Lineage: Treponema pallidum; Treponema; Spirochaetaceae; Spirochaetales; Spirochaetes; Bacteria General Information: This strain was isolated in Akorabo, Ghana in 1980. Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue causes chronic and disfiguring illness called yaws. The disease starts as a skin infection causing persistent ulcers and progresses to form tumor-like masses. This disease tends to infect children and is common in rural areas in Africa, Southeast Asia and equatorial South America.
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General Information: Country: Germany; Environment: Animal intestinal microflora, Fresh water; Isolation: freshwater mud; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 37C. This organism is a sulfate-reducing spore forming Gram-positive bacterium which grows anaerobically with sulfate and sulfite as electron acceptors.