Open AccessGenome Sequence of Rickettsia gravesii, Isolated from Western Australian Ticks
Author(s) -
Erwin Sentausa,
Mohammad Yazid Abdad,
Caroline Robert,
John Stenos,
Didier Raoult,
PierreEdouard Fournier
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
genome announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2169-8287
DOI - 10.1128/genomea.00975-13
Subject(s) - biology , rickettsia , whole genome sequencing , genome , strain (injury) , pathogen , virology , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene , virus , anatomy
Rickettsia gravesii is a new Rickettsia species closely related to the human pathogen Rickettsia massiliae. Here, we describe the genome sequence of R. gravesii strain BWI-1, isolated from Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum ticks collected from humans on Barrow Island, Western Australia.