Query: NC_014209:81643 Thermoanaerobacter mathranii subsp. mathranii str. A3 chromosome, Lineage: Thermoanaerobacter mathranii; Thermoanaerobacter; Thermoanaerobacteraceae; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria General Information: Isolation: Hot spring; Country: Iceland; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 70 - 75C; Habitat: Hot spring. A thermophilic bacterial species of straight rods, occurring singly or sometimes in long chains, motile and Gram variable. Isolated from hot spring, canned foods and dairy products.
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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.