Whole-Genome Sequence of Coxiella burnetii Nine Mile RSA439 (Phase II, Clone 4), a Laboratory Workhorse Strain

Jess A Millar; Paul A Beare; Abraham S Moses; Craig A Martens; Robert A Heinzen; Rahul Raghavan

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00471-17

Whole-Genome Sequence of Coxiella burnetii Nine Mile RSA439 (Phase II, Clone 4), a Laboratory Workhorse Strain

Genome Announc. 2017 Jun 8;5(23):e00471-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00471-17.

Authors

Jess A Millar¹, Paul A Beare², Abraham S Moses¹, Craig A Martens³, Robert A Heinzen², Rahul Raghavan⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology and Center for Life in Extreme Environments, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
² Coxiella Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA.
³ Genomics Unit, Research Technologies Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA.
⁴ Department of Biology and Center for Life in Extreme Environments, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA rahul.raghavan@pdx.edu.

Abstract

Here, we report the whole-genome sequence of Coxiella burnetii Nine Mile RSA439 (phase II, clone 4), a laboratory strain used extensively to investigate the biology of this intracellular bacterial pathogen. The genome consists of a 1.97-Mb chromosome and a 37.32-kb plasmid.

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