Query: NC_019978:875941 Halobacteroides halobius DSM 5150, complete genome
Lineage: Halobacteroides halobius; Halobacteroides; Halobacteroidaceae; Halanaerobiales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Country: Israel; Isolation: Dead Sea sediment; Temp: Mesophile. This is an endospore-forming anaerobic halophilic bacterium.
Subject: NC_013316:4018451 Clostridium difficile R20291, complete genome
Lineage: Peptoclostridium difficile; Peptoclostridium; Peptostreptococcaceae; Clostridiales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Clostridium difficile R20291 was isolated in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, UK in 2006 and is closely related to the North American hypervirulent BI strains. Clostridium difficile, a Gram-positive, spore-forming anaerobic bacterium, is the leading cause of infectious diarrhea among patients in hospitals worldwide, causing C. difficile infection (CDI). An important nosocomial pathogen, it is frequently associated with antibiotic treatment and causes diseases ranging from antibiotic-associated diarrhea to life-threatening pseudomembraneous colitis.