Query: NC_014910:465980 Alicycliphilus denitrificans BC chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Alicycliphilus denitrificans; Alicycliphilus; Comamonadaceae; Burkholderiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Temp: Mesophile. Alicycliphilus denitrificans is a Gram-negative bacterium and is able to degrade cyclohexanol and other alicyclic compounds under denitrifying conditions. Isolated from a mixture of wastewater treatment plant material and benzene-polluted soil
Subject: NC_007799:727798 Ehrlichia chaffeensis str. Arkansas, complete genome
Lineage: Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Ehrlichia; Anaplasmataceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain is the first isolate of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, which was obtained from a patient on an army base in Arkansas, USA in 1990. Causes disease in humans. This organism is an obligate intracellular pathogen that exists within vacuoles in the cytoplasm of monocytes or granulocytes. Transferred during an insect (tick) bite, it can cause disease in humans (human monocytic ehrlichiosis) and can reside in several other animals and is a problem in immunocompromised patients. The bacterium inhibits phagosome-lysozome fusion as well as programmed cell death (apoptosis) of the host cell, similar to what is observed with Anaplasma phagocytophilum.