Pre_GI: SWBIT SVG BLASTP

Query: NC_013009:608515 Neorickettsia risticii str. Illinois, complete genome

Lineage: Neorickettsia risticii; Neorickettsia; Anaplasmataceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria

General Information: Neorickettsia risticii str. Illinois was isolated from horse blood in Maryland, USA. Neorickettsia risticii, formerly Ehrlichia risticii, is an obligate intracellular bacterium related to the Rickettsia. It can be transmitted from flukes that infest snails, fish or aquatic insects to horses by ingestion. This organism causes Potomac horse fever, also knows as equine monocytic ehrlichiosis, an acute diarrheal disease.

Subject: NC_006156:389152 Borrelia garinii PBi chromosome linear, complete sequence

Lineage: Borrelia bavariensis; Borrelia; Spirochaetaceae; Spirochaetales; Spirochaetes; Bacteria

General Information: This strain (OspA serotype 4) was isolated in Germany from the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with neuroborreliosis. This is a spirochete causing Lyme borreliosis. It is transmitted by rodents. Human pathogen.