Whole-Genome Sequence of Rickettsia parkeri Strain Atlantic Rainforest, Isolated from a Colombian Tick

Andrés F Londoño; Nicole L Mendell; Gustavo A Valbuena; Andrew L Routh; Thomas G Wood; Steven G Widen; Juan D Rodas; David H Walker; Donald H Bouyer

doi:10.1128/MRA.00684-19

Whole-Genome Sequence of Rickettsia parkeri Strain Atlantic Rainforest, Isolated from a Colombian Tick

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Sep 26;8(39):e00684-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00684-19.

Authors

Andrés F Londoño^{1

2}, Nicole L Mendell³, Gustavo A Valbuena⁴, Andrew L Routh⁵, Thomas G Wood⁵, Steven G Widen⁵, Juan D Rodas², David H Walker³, Donald H Bouyer³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA pipelb@gmail.com.
² Research Group on Veterinary Sciences Centauro, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
³ Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
⁴ Berkeley School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.

Abstract

Rickettsia parkeri is classified as a member of the alphaproteobacterial microorganisms, genus Rickettsia Here, we report the complete genome sequence of Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic Rainforest, which was isolated from an Amblyomma ovale tick collected in the municipality of Necoclí, Colombia.

Grants and funding

D43 TW010331/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States