Query: NC_014391:2579919 Micromonospora aurantiaca ATCC 27029 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Micromonospora aurantiaca; Micromonospora; Micromonosporaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Environment: Soil; Isolation: Soil; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 37C. Micromonospora species are commonly isolated from soil, freshwater and marine environments. Like other actinomycetes Micromonospora species produce antibiotics, in addition a number strains are able to degrade natural and synthetic rubber.
Subject: NC_004551:100840 Tropheryma whipplei TW08/27, complete genome
Lineage: Tropheryma whipplei; Tropheryma; Cellulomonadaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid a woman who had suffered severe weight loss in Germany. The patient had been treated with antibiotics followed by a year of no treatment prior to the sample being taken. This bacterium is the causative agent of Whipple's disease. Whipple did not associate the disease with any bacterial agent, and it was only in 1961 when bacteria were detected in electron microphotographs of affected tissues that the connection was made. The bacterium cannot be cultured apart from its eukaryotic host, and it grows very slowly (reported duplication time 4-17 days).