Query: NC_011661:998562 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.
Subject: NC_006831:250074 Ehrlichia ruminantium str. Gardel, complete genome
Lineage: Ehrlichia ruminantium; Ehrlichia; Anaplasmataceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain was isolated from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Obligate intracellular bacterium and causative agent of heartwater. This organism causes heartwater, a disease with a high mortality rate that affects both wild and domesticated ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of the Caribbean. The name heartwater refers to the hydropericardium (excessive fluid in the sac surrounding the heart) commonly found associated with infection. This organism is found in membrane-bound vacuoles in endothelial cells and neutrophils and is an obligate intracellular parasite.