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_007798:586500 Neorickettsia sennetsu str. Miyayama, complete genome
Lineage: Neorickettsia sennetsu; Neorickettsia; Anaplasmataceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This organism was first described in 1953 in Japan as causing Sennetsu fever. Causes an infectious mononucleosis-like disease. Like other Ehrlichia, this organism is an obligate intracellular pathogen. It can be transmitted from fish flukes (trematodes) to humans, and was one of the first Ehrlichia that was found to cause a human-specific illness.