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Extremely Low Genomic Diversity of Rickettsia japonica Distributed in Japan.
Genome biology and evolution - 1 Jan 2017
Akter Arzuba, Ooka Tadasuke, Gotoh Yasuhiro, Yamamoto Seigo, Fujita Hiromi, Terasoma Fumio, Kida Kouji, Taira Masakatsu, Nakadouzono Fumiko, Gokuden Mutsuyo, Hirano Manabu, Miyashiro Mamoru, Inari Kouichi, Shimazu Yukie, Tabara Kenji, Toyoda Atsushi, Yoshimura Dai, Itoh Takehiko, Kitano Tomokazu, Sato Mitsuhiko P, Katsura Keisuke, Mondal Shakhinur Islam, Ogura Yoshitoshi, Ando Shuji, Hayashi Tetsuya
Abstract excerpt
Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that have small genomes as a result of reductive evolution. Many Rickettsia species of the spotted fever group (SFG) cause tick-borne diseases known as "spotted fevers". The life cycle of SFG rickettsiae is closely associated with that of the tick, which is generally thought to act as a bacterial vector and reservoir that maintains the bacterium through transstadial...
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