Query: NC_010184:3675424 Bacillus weihenstephanensis KBAB4, complete genome
Lineage: Bacillus weihenstephanensis; Bacillus; Bacillaceae; Bacillales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Bacillus weihenstephanensis is a psychrotolerant member of the Bacillus species. This organism can grow at temperatures of 7 degrees C. Bacillus weihenstephanensis is a non-pathogenic, Gram-positive, typical facultative psychrophile generally found in soil.
Subject: NC_008601:246583 Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida U112, complete genome
Lineage: Francisella tularensis; Francisella; Francisellaceae; Thiotrichales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Avirulent species. Francisella novicida is closely related to Francisella tularensis, the causative agent for tularemia but is nonvirulent. This organism, however may cause disease in immunocompromised individuals. They do however cause a disease in mice that is very similar to tularemia. This strain was isolated from water in Utah, USA in 1950. Francisella tularensis is a non-motile, aerobic, rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium and is the causative agent of tularemia.