Query: NC_011999:1320159 Macrococcus caseolyticus JCSC5402, complete genome
Lineage: Macrococcus caseolyticus; Macrococcus; Staphylococcaceae; Bacillales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: This methicillin-resistant strain was isolated from animal meat in a supermarket. This organism is a large gram positive coccus, related to the Staphylococcus, often associated meat and sheep, goat and cattle milk.
Subject: NC_010611:31976 Acinetobacter baumannii ACICU, complete genome
Lineage: Acinetobacter baumannii; Acinetobacter; Moraxellaceae; Pseudomonadales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Acinetobacter baumannii strain ACICU (also called H34) was isolated from an outbreak in an intensive care unit in Rome, Italy. 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.