Genome sequence of Rickettsia australis, the agent of Queensland tick typhus

J Bacteriol. 2012 Sep;194(18):5129. doi: 10.1128/JB.01117-12.

Abstract

Rickettsia australis strain Phillips(T) was isolated in Queensland, Australia, in 1950. It is the tick-borne agent of Queensland tick typhus, a disease endemic in Australia. The 1.29-Mb genome sequence of this bacterium is highly similar to that of Rickettsia akari but contains two plasmids.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmids
  • Queensland / epidemiology
  • Rickettsia / genetics*
  • Rickettsia / isolation & purification
  • Rickettsia Infections / epidemiology
  • Rickettsia Infections / microbiology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA*
  • Synteny

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AKVZ00000000