Query: NC_011661:1100576 Dictyoglomus turgidum DSM 6724, complete genome Lineage: Dictyoglomus turgidum; Dictyoglomus; Dictyoglomaceae; Dictyoglomales; Dictyoglomi; Bacteria General Information: An extremely thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring in the Uzon volcano caldera in Kamchatka.
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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.