Query: NC_016599:3434996 Owenweeksia hongkongensis DSM 17368 chromosome, complete genome Lineage: Owenweeksia hongkongensis; Owenweeksia; Cryomorphaceae; Flavobacteriales; Bacteroidetes; Bacteria General Information: Country: China; Isolation: Sea water (sand filtered); China, Hong Kong; Temp: Mesophile. Aerobic, Gram-negative, non-fermentative, rod-shaped, motile, orange-pigmented bacterium isolated from sea-water samples collected from Port Shelter, Hong Kong, China, in August 2002. It was isolated from a sea-water sample collected from the outlet of a tank storing sand-filtered sea water that was pumped from a depth of 5 m.
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General Information: Citrobacter rodentium is the causative agent of transmissible murine colonic hyperplasia in mice. This disease is characterized by a hyperproliferation of the epithelial cells in the colon similar to that found in humans suffering from idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease. In addition this organism contains virulence factors similar to those found in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli and enteropathogenic E. coli. C. rodentium are being used as models for studying mucosal response to infection, colon tumor production, and virulence associated with pathogenic E. coli.