Complete genome sequence of Rickettsia slovaca, the agent of tick-borne lymphadenitis

  • J Bacteriol. 2012 Mar;194(6):1612. doi: 10.1128/JB.06625-11.
Pierre-Edouard Fournier  1 ,  Khalid El Karkouri ,  Catherine Robert ,  Claudine Médigue ,  Didier Raoult
Affiliations
  • 1. Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS UMR 6236, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
PMID: 22374949 DOI: 10.1128/JB.06625-11
Abstract

The present study reports the complete and annotated genome sequence of the human pathogen Rickettsia slovaca strain 13-B, which was isolated from a Dermacentor tick in Slovakia in 1968. The 1.27-Mb genome provides further insights into the acquisition of virulence related to genome reduction in Rickettsia species.