Query: NC_021885:16302 Syncytium symbiont of Diaphorina citri, complete genome
Lineage: Profftella armatura; Profftella; ; ; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Citrus greening is a severe disease of citrus in Asia and Africa. Maternally inherited bacteria (endosymbionts) live within host cells called bacteriocytes.
Subject: NC_005295:272708 Ehrlichia ruminantium str. Welgevonden, complete genome
Lineage: Ehrlichia ruminantium; Ehrlichia; Anaplasmataceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain was isolated in mice from an infected tick. Obligate intracellular bacterium and causative agent of heartwater. This organism causes heartwater, a disease with a high mortality rate that affects both wild and domesticated ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of the Caribbean. The name heartwater refers to the hydropericardium (excessive fluid in the sac surrounding the heart) commonly found associated with infection. This organism is found in membrane-bound vacuoles in endothelial cells and neutrophils and is an obligate intracellular parasite.