A Rickettsia Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements Provides Insight into the Acquisition of Genes Characteristic of an Obligate Intracellular Lifestyle

We present the draft genome for the Rickettsia endosymbiont of Ixodes scapularis (REIS), a symbiont of the deer tick vector of Lyme disease in North America. Among Rickettsia species ( Alphaproteobacteria: Rickettsiales ), REIS has the largest genome sequenced to date (>2 Mb) and contains 2,309 gene...

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Main Authors:	Gillespie, Joseph J., Joardar, Vinita S., Williams, Kelly P., Driscoll, Timothy, Hostetler, Jessica B., Nordberg, Eric, Shukla, Maulik, Walenz, Brian P., Hill, Catherine A., Nene, Vishvanath M., Azad, Abdu F., Sobral, Bruno W., Caler, Elisabet
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2012
Subjects:	genes elements rickettsia molecular biology microbiology
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129340