Genome sequence of Rickettsia bellii illuminates the role of amoebae in gene exchanges between intracellular pathogens.
The recently sequenced Rickettsia felis genome revealed an unexpected plasmid carrying several genes usually associated with DNA transfer, suggesting that ancestral rickettsiae might have been endowed with a conjugation apparatus. Here we present the genome sequence of Rickettsia bellii, the earlies...
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| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-05-01
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| Series: | PLoS Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.0020076 |