Query: NC_015921:481532 Borrelia bissettii DN127 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Borrelia bissettii; Borrelia; Spirochaetaceae; Spirochaetales; Spirochaetes; Bacteria
General Information: Borrelia bissettii DN127 was isolated from a western blackleg tick, Ixodes pacificus, in California. This strain has pattern of outer surface proteins that is different from many other North American strains. Human pathogen.
Subject: NC_014909:619407 Candidatus Blochmannia vafer str. BVAF chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Blochmannia vafer; Blochmannia; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Candidatus Blochmannia is an obligate bacterial associate of Camponotus and related ant genera. Blochmannia vafer was isolated from Camponotus vafer workers and larvae collected from a single colony in the Coronado National Forest near Portal, Arizona, USA. Blochmannia is located within bacteriocytes, where the bacterial cells float freely in the host cytoplasm, and within oocytes of queens.