Query: NC_018507:115346 Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum BT-B chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Portiera aleyrodidarum; Portiera; Halomonadaceae; Oceanospirillales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Obligate endosymbiont of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci.
Subject: NC_007798:703922 Neorickettsia sennetsu str. Miyayama, complete genome
Lineage: Neorickettsia sennetsu; Neorickettsia; Anaplasmataceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This organism was first described in 1953 in Japan as causing Sennetsu fever. Causes an infectious mononucleosis-like disease. Like other Ehrlichia, this organism is an obligate intracellular pathogen. It can be transmitted from fish flukes (trematodes) to humans, and was one of the first Ehrlichia that was found to cause a human-specific illness.