Query: NC_017056:804416 Rickettsia prowazekii str. BuV67-CWPP 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.
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General Information: Isolation: Pig waste in Gottingen, Germany; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 37C; Habitat: Animal intestinal microflora, Fresh water. Desulfotomaculum acetoxidans has been isolated from fresh or seawater sediment and animal wastes. This organism is able to oxidize acetate to carbon dioxide with the production of hydrogen sulfide.