Query: NC_014758:1387470 Calditerrivibrio nitroreducens DSM 19672 chromosome, complete Lineage: Calditerrivibrio nitroreducens; Calditerrivibrio; Deferribacteraceae; Deferribacterales; Deferribacteres; Bacteria General Information: Country: Japan; Environment: Host; Isolation: Terrestrial hot spring; Japan, Nagano; Temp: Thermophile; Tem: 55C. This is a moderately thermophilic, nitrate-reducing bacterium, isolated from hot spring water from Yumata, Nagano, Japan.
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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.