Pre_GI: SWBIT SVG BLASTP

Query: NC_016848:748873 Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue str. CDC2 chromosome, complete

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

General Information: This strain was isolated in Akorabo, Ghana in 1980. Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue causes 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_015436:1758257 Spirochaeta coccoides DSM 17374 chromosome, complete genome

Lineage: Sphaerochaeta coccoides; Sphaerochaeta; Spirochaetaceae; Spirochaetales; Spirochaetes; Bacteria

General Information: Country: Cuba; Environment: Host; Isolation: Hindgut of the termite Neotermes castaneus; Temp: 30C; Temp: Mesophile. This is a coccoid spirochete that was isolated from the hindgut contents of the termite Neotermes castaneus.