title: Complete genome sequence of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis, an emerging tick-transmitted human pathogen.
abstract: Rickettsia heilongjiangensis is an emerging tick-transmitted human pathogen causing far-Eastern spotted fever. Here we report the complete sequence and the main features of the genome of R. heilongjiangensis (strain 054).
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, 20 Dong-Da-Jie St., Fengtai, Beijing 100071, China.
authors.forename: Changsong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Yigang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xile
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaolu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Bohai
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016680:Genome, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*