Genome of Ochrobactrum anthropi ATCC 49188 ^T , a Versatile Opportunistic Pathogen and Symbiont of Several Eukaryotic Hosts

Ochrobactrum anthropi is a common soil alphaproteobacterium that colonizes a wide spectrum of organisms and is being increasingly recognized as an opportunistic human pathogen. Potentially life-threatening infections, such as endocarditis, are included in the list of reported O. anthropi infections. These reports, together with the scant number of studies and the organism's phylogenetic proximity to the highly pathogenic brucellae, make O....