Whole-Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis" Strain NMRCii, Isolated from Fleas of Western Kenya

Dereje D Jima; Alison Luce-Fedrow; Yu Yang; Alice N Maina; Erik C Snesrud; Elkanah Otiang; Kariuki Njenga; Richard G Jarman; Allen L Richards; Jun Hang

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00018-15

Whole-Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis" Strain NMRCii, Isolated from Fleas of Western Kenya

Genome Announc. 2015 Mar 12;3(2):e00018-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00018-15.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Viral Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
² Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
³ Multidrug-Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network (MRSN), Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁵ Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA allen.l.richards.civ@mail.mil jun.hang.ctr@mail.mil.
⁶ Viral Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA allen.l.richards.civ@mail.mil jun.hang.ctr@mail.mil.

Abstract

Herein we present the draft genome sequence and annotation of "Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis" strain NMRCii. "Ca. Rickettsia asemboensis" is phylogenetically related to but distinct from the flea-borne spotted fever pathogen Rickettsia felis. "Ca. Rickettsia asemboensis" was initially identified in and subsequently isolated from Ctenocephalides cat and dog fleas from Kenya.