Query: NC_017080:2893224 Phycisphaera mikurensis NBRC 102666, complete genome
Lineage: Phycisphaera mikurensis; Phycisphaera; Phycisphaeraceae; Phycisphaerales; Planctomycetes; Bacteria
General Information: Gram-negative, spherical, motile and facultatively anaerobic, isolated from a marine alga (Porphyra sp.) collected on Mikura Island, Japan.
Subject: NC_006348:2738425 Burkholderia mallei ATCC 23344 chromosome 1, complete sequence
Lineage: Burkholderia mallei; Burkholderia; Burkholderiaceae; Burkholderiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This type strain came from a Chinese patient in Burma who had glanders in 1944. Causes glanders in horses. This organism is rarely associated with human infection, and is more commonly seen in domesticated animals such as horses, donkeys, and mules where it causes glanders, a disease first described by Aristotle. The pathogen is host-adapted and is not found in the environment outside of its host. Rapid-onset pneumonia, bacteremia (spread of the organism through the blood), pustules, and death are common outcomes during infection. No vaccine exists for this potentially dangerous organism.