Query: NC_014657:1775929 Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis OL chromosome, complete genome Lineage: Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis; Caldicellulosiruptor; Thermoanaerobacterales Family III; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria General Information: Country: USA; Environment: Hot spring; Isolation: Freshwater sediment; Temp: Hyperthermophile; Temp: 79C; Isolation: freshwater sediment, Owens Lake, California. Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis is a thermphilic gram positive bacterium. This organism produces a thermostable xylanase which may have industrial uses.
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General Information: Isolated from an immunocompetent 56-year old male with bacteremic pneumonia in France. Francisella tularensis is a non-motile, aerobic, rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium and is the causative agent of tularemia. This organism was first identified by Edward Francis as the causative agent of a plague-like illness that affected squirrels in Tulare county in California in the early part of the 20th century. The organism now bears his name. The disease, which has been noted throughout recorded history, can be transmitted to humans by infected ticks or deerflies, infected meat, or by aerosol, and thus is a potential bioterrorism agent. This organism has a high infectivity rate, and can invade phagocytic and nonphagocytic cells, multiplying rapidly. Once within a macrophage, the organism can escape the phagosome and live in the cytosol. It is an aquatic organism, and can be found living inside protozoans, similar to what is observed with Legionella.