Query: NC_013172:2647716 Brachybacterium faecium DSM 4810, complete genome
Lineage: Brachybacterium faecium; Brachybacterium; Dermabacteraceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Isolation: Poultry deep litter; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 25-30C; Habitat: Soil. This organism was first isolated from poultry litter and is able to degrade uric acid but not urea. Free-living, nonmotile, Gram-positive bacterium.
Subject: NC_007798:586500 Neorickettsia sennetsu str. Miyayama, complete genome
Lineage: Neorickettsia sennetsu; Neorickettsia; Anaplasmataceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
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.