Query: NC_018665:139646 Exiguobacterium antarcticum B7 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Exiguobacterium antarcticum; Exiguobacterium; Bacillales Family XII; Bacillales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Exiguobacterium antarcticum (strain B7) is a psychotropic Gram-positive bacterium isolated from microbial biofilm at Ginger Lake, located on King George Island, Antarctic peninsula.
Subject: NC_010410:513298 Acinetobacter baumannii AYE, complete genome
Lineage: Acinetobacter baumannii; Acinetobacter; Moraxellaceae; Pseudomonadales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain is responsible for community-acquired infections and is highly resistant to antibiotics. This bacterium is commonly isolated from the hospital environment and hospitalized patients. It is an aquatic organism, and is often cultured from liquid medical samples such as respiratory secretions, wounds, and urine. Acinetobacter also colonizes irrigating solutions and intravenous solutions. Although it has low virulence, it is capable of causing infection. Most isolates recovered from patients represent colonization rather than infection. When infections do occur, they usually occur in the blood, or in organs with a high fluid content, such as the lungs or urinary tract. Infections by this organism are becoming increasingly problematic due to the high number of resistance genes found in clinical isolates. Some strains are now resistant to all known antibiotics. Most of these genes appear to have been transferred horizontally from other organisms.