Mechanisms of Evolution in
                    <i>Rickettsia conorii</i>
                    and
                    <i>R. prowazekii</i>

Ogata, Hiroyuki; Audic, Stéphane; Renesto-Audiffren, Patricia; Fournier, Pierre-Edouard; Barbe, Valérie; Samson, Delphine; Roux, Véronique; Cossart, Pascale; Weissenbach, Jean; Claverie, Jean-Michel; Raoult, Didier

doi:10.1126/science.1061471

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Mechanisms of Evolution in Rickettsia conorii and R. prowazekii

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Authors:

Hiroyuki Ogata

Stéphane Audic

Patricia Renesto-Audiffren

Abstract

Rickettsia conorii is an obligate intracellular bacterium that causes Mediterranean spotted fever in humans. We determined the 1,268,755-nucleotide complete genome sequence of R. conorii , containing 1374 open reading frames. This genome exhibits 804 of the 834 genes of the previously determined R. ...

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