Query: NC_015318:1336282 Hippea maritima DSM 10411 chromosome, complete genome Lineage: Hippea maritima; Hippea; Desulfurellaceae; Desulfurellales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria General Information: Environment: Marine; Isolation: Marine sediment from hot vent of tidal zone; Temp: Thermophile; Tem: 55C; Country: Papua New Guinea: Matupi Harbour. This is a moderately thermophilic, sulfur-reducing bacterial species isolated from shallow-water hot vents of the Bay of Plenty (New Zealand) and Matupi Harbour (Papua New Guinea).
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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.