Query: NC_017268:1 Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum str. Chicago chromosome,
Lineage: Treponema pallidum; Treponema; Spirochaetaceae; Spirochaetales; Spirochaetes; Bacteria
General Information: This organisms is divided into subspecies each of which causes a specific disease. pallidum causes the venereal disease syphilis. pertenue, carateum and endemicum cause the skin infections yaws, pinta and bejel, respectively. Cells are motile, slender, helically shaped flexible organisms, 0.1-0.18 microns in diameter and 6-20 microns long.
Subject: NC_013921:36000 Thermoanaerobacter italicus Ab9 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Thermoanaerobacter italicus; Thermoanaerobacter; Thermoanaerobacteraceae; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Isolation: Mud, thermal spa; Italy, Abano Terme; Country: Italy; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 70C; Habitat: Fresh water, Mud. Anaerobic, thermophilic, spore-forming Gram-positive bacterium. Thermoanaerobacter italicus was isolated from a thermal spa in Italy. This organism is able to degrade pectin and pectate at high temperatures.