title: Genomic analysis of Rickettsia japonica strain YHT.
abstract: Rickettsia japonica strain YH, isolated in 1984 in Japan, is the type strain of R. japonica, the tick-borne agent of Japanese spotted fever. Here, we report the 1.33-Mb genome of this rickettsial species.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, InsermU1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Mediterranée-Infection, 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: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: Pierre-Edouard
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial