Query: NC_016943:21364 Blastococcus saxobsidens DD2, complete genome
Lineage: Blastococcus saxobsidens; Blastococcus; Geodermatophilaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Isolated from a sample harvested below the surface of a calcarenite stone from a crumbling wall in Cagliari, Sardinia. Aerobic, chemoorganotrophic, Gram-positive bacterium with a strongly pigmented rudimentary mycelium. It has been isolated from calcarenite walls in Sardinia.
Subject: NC_002677:1 Mycobacterium leprae TN, complete genome
Lineage: Mycobacterium leprae; Mycobacterium; Mycobacteriaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain (TN) was passaged through an armadillo in Tamil Nadu, India, and is the only strain of this species that has been successfully produced in quantities large enough for sequencing and biochemical analyses as the nine-banded armadillo was used as a surrogate host. Causative agent of human leprosy.