title: Genomic comparison of Rickettsia helvetica and other Rickettsia species.
abstract: We report the complete and annotated genome sequence of Rickettsia helvetica strain C9P9, which was first isolated in 1979 from Ixodes ricinus ticks in Switzerland and is considered a human pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UMR CNRS 6236, IRD 198, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: El Karkouri
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: Frédérick
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gavory
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: Pierre-Edouard
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
mesh_terms: D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*