Query: NC_017094:1703000 Leptospirillum ferrooxidans C2-3, complete genome
Lineage: Leptospirillum ferrooxidans; Leptospirillum; Nitrospiraceae; Nitrospirales; Nitrospirae; Bacteria
General Information: An obligately chemolithotrophic Gram-negative iron-oxidizing bacterium Leptospirillum ferrooxidans C2-3 belonging to phylum Nitrospirae was isolated from fresh volcanic ash deposit in the island of Miyake, Japan.
Subject: NC_009085:893601 Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978, complete genome
Lineage: Acinetobacter baumannii; Acinetobacter; Moraxellaceae; Pseudomonadales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Isolated from a case of meningitis. Causes opportunistic infections in hospitals. This bacterium is commonly isolated from the hospital environment and hospitalized patients. It is an aquatic organism, and is often cultured from liquid medical samples such as respiratory secretions, wounds, and urine. Acinetobacter also colonizes irrigating solutions and intravenous solutions. Although it has low virulence, it is capable of causing infection. Most isolates recovered from patients represent colonization rather than infection. When infections do occur, they usually occur in the blood, or in organs with a high fluid content, such as the lungs or urinary tract. Infections by this organism are becoming increasingly problematic due to the high number of resistance genes found in clinical isolates. Some strains are now resistant to all known antibiotics. Most of these genes appear to have been transferred horizontally from other organisms.