Journal article

Genome sequence of Rickettsia gravesii, isolated from Western Australian ticks

E Sentausa, MY Abdad, C Robert, J Stenos, D Raoult, PE Fournier

Genome Announcements | Published : 2013

Abstract

Rickettsia gravesii is a new Rickettsia species closely related to the human pathogen Rickettsia massiliae. Here, we describe the genome sequence of R. gravesii strain BWI-1, isolated from Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum ticks collected from humans on Barrow Island, Western Australia.

University of Melbourne Researchers