Query: NC_014306:1286248 Erwinia billingiae Eb661, complete genome Lineage: Erwinia billingiae; Erwinia; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria General Information: An Erwinia species isolated from trees. The nonpathogenic Erwinia billingiae strain Eb661 is an epiphyte isolated from a pear tree in England in 1959.
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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.