title: Genome sequence of Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis, the agent of Israeli spotted fever.
abstract: Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis is the agent of Israeli spotted fever. The present study reports the draft genome of Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis strain ISTT CDC1, isolated from a Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick collected in Israel.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UMR CNRS 7278-IRD 198, IFR48, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire, Méditerranée Infection, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Erwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sentausa
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: El Karkouri
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: Pierre-Edouard
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001907:Boutonneuse Fever / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D004199:Disease Vectors; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D007557:Israel; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D048508:Rhipicephalus sanguineus / Q000382:microbiology; D020114:Rickettsia conorii / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial