Pre_GI: SWBIT SVG BLASTN

Query: NC_017048:33578 Rickettsia prowazekii str. GvV257 chromosome, complete genome

Lineage: Rickettsia prowazekii; Rickettsia; Rickettsiaceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria

General Information: 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.

Subject: NC_010842:2035146 Leptospira biflexa serovar Patoc strain 'Patoc 1 (Ames)' chromosome

Lineage: Leptospira biflexa; Leptospira; Leptospiraceae; Spirochaetales; Spirochaetes; Bacteria

General Information: This organism is a non pathogenic Leptospira commonly found in water and soil. Aquatic bacterium. L. biflexa serovar Patoc strain Patoc1, was initially isolated from stream water.