Query: NC_013946:879199 Meiothermus ruber DSM 1279 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Meiothermus ruber; Meiothermus; Thermaceae; Thermales; Deinococcus-Thermus; Bacteria
General Information: Isolation: Hot spring; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 50 - 60C; This organism is a pigmented thermophilic bacterium which can be found in hot springs. Thermophilic, aerobic, non-motile, free-living, Gram-negative.
Subject: NC_007798:703922 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.