Query: NC_013887:1424000 Methanocaldococcus sp. FS406-22 chromosome, complete genome Lineage: Methanocaldococcus; Methanocaldococcus; Methanocaldococcaceae; Methanococcales; Euryarchaeota; Archaea General Information: Isolation: Deep-sea hydrothermal vent from Pacific; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 90C; Habitat: Deep sea, Hydrothermal vent, Marine. Methanocaldococcus sp. FS406-22 was isolated from hydrothermal vent fluid from an undersea volcano in the northeast Pacific Ocean. This organism is able to fix nitrogen at temperatures of 92 degrees C.
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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.