Pre_GI: SWBIT SVG BLASTP

Query: NC_016842:748419 Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue str. SamoaD chromosome, complete

Lineage: Treponema pallidum; Treponema; Spirochaetaceae; Spirochaetales; Spirochaetes; Bacteria

General Information: This strain was isolated in Western Samoa in 1953. Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue causes the chronic and disfiguring illness called yaws. The disease starts as a skin infection causing persistent ulcers and progresses to form tumor-like masses. This disease tends to infect children and is common in rural areas in Africa, Southeast Asia and equatorial South America.

Subject: NC_013959:2449315 Sideroxydans lithotrophicus ES-1 chromosome, complete genome

Lineage: Sideroxydans lithotrophicus; Sideroxydans; Gallionellaceae; Gallionellales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria

General Information: Isolation: iron contaminated groundwater in Michigan; Country: USA; Temp: Mesophile; Habitat: Fresh water. Sideroxydans lithotrophicus is an iron-oxidizing freshwater bacterium that has been isolated from iron contaminated groundwater.