The genome sequence of Rickettsia felis identifies the first putative conjugative plasmid in an obligate intracellular parasite.

The genome sequence of Rickettsia felis identifies the first putative conjugative plasmid in an obligate intracellular parasite.

We sequenced the genome of Rickettsia felis, a flea-associated obligate intracellular alpha-proteobacterium causing spotted fever in humans. Besides a circular chromosome of 1,485,148 bp, R. felis exhibits the first putative conjugative plasmid identified among obligate intracellular bacteria. This...

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Main Authors: Hiroyuki Ogata, Patricia Renesto, Stéphane Audic, Catherine Robert, Guillaume Blanc, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Hugues Parinello, Jean-Michel Claverie, Didier Raoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-08-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030248

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