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