Query: NC_013385:1504650 Ammonifex degensii KC4, complete genome Lineage: Ammonifex degensii; Ammonifex; Thermoanaerobacteraceae; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria General Information: Isolation: Neutral volcanic hot spring; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 70C; Habitat: Fresh water, Hot spring. This organism is a thermophilic chemoautotroph able to grow by nitrate ammonification or by sulfate and sulfur reduction. It was isolated from a neutral volcanic hot spring.
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General Information: This type strain came from a Chinese patient in Burma who had glanders in 1944. Causes glanders in horses. This organism is rarely associated with human infection, and is more commonly seen in domesticated animals such as horses, donkeys, and mules where it causes glanders, a disease first described by Aristotle. The pathogen is host-adapted and is not found in the environment outside of its host. Rapid-onset pneumonia, bacteremia (spread of the organism through the blood), pustules, and death are common outcomes during infection. No vaccine exists for this potentially dangerous organism.