Genomic Diversification in Strains of Rickettsia felis Isolated from Different Arthropods

Extensive diversity of Rickettsiales bacteria in two species of ticks from China and the evolution of the Rickettsiales

(2014) Yan-Jun Kang et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The Genome of Cardinium cBtQ1 Provides Insights into Genome Reduction, Symbiont Motility, and Its Settlement in Bemisia tabaci

(2014) Diego Santos-Garcia et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Evolutionary origin of insect-Wolbachia nutritional mutualism

(2014) N. Nikoh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genomics and host specialization of honey bee and bumble bee gut symbionts

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Development and Validation of a Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Specific for the Detection of Rickettsia felis and Not Rickettsia felis-Like Organisms

(2014) Antony M. Odhiambo et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Recent molecular insights into rickettsial pathogenesis and immunity

(2013) Sanjeev K Sahni et al.   Future Microbiology

To Tree or Not to Tree? Genome-Wide Quantification of Recombination and Reticulate Evolution during the Diversification of Strict Intracellular Bacteria

(2013) Antonio Hernández-López et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Bacterial DNA Sifted from the Trichoplax adhaerens (Animalia: Placozoa) Genome Project Reveals a Putative Rickettsial Endosymbiont

(2013) Timothy Driscoll et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Lateral transfers of insertion sequences between Wolbachia, Cardinium and Rickettsia bacterial endosymbionts

(2013) O Duron   HEREDITY

Diversification of endosymbiosis: replacements, co-speciation and promiscuity of bacteriocyte symbionts in weevils

(2013) Hirokazu Toju et al.   ISME Journal

PATRIC, the bacterial bioinformatics database and analysis resource

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Complete Genomic DNA Sequence of the East Asian Spotted Fever Disease Agent Rickettsia japonica

(2013) Minenosuke Matsutani et al.   PLoS One

Rhs proteins from diverse bacteria mediate intercellular competition

(2013) S. Koskiniemi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type I secretion systems – a story of appendices

(2013) Kerstin Kanonenberg et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

PhyloBayes MPI: Phylogenetic Reconstruction with Infinite Mixtures of Profiles in a Parallel Environment

(2013) Nicolas Lartillot et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Candidatus Rickettsia Asemboensis in Fleas from Human Habitats, Asembo, Kenya

(2013) Ju Jiang et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Novel Clade of Alphaproteobacterial Endosymbionts Associated with Stinkbugs and Other Arthropods

(2012) Yu Matsuura et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Polymorphic toxin systems: Comprehensive characterization of trafficking modes, processing, mechanisms of action, immunity and ecology using comparative genomics

(2012) Dapeng Zhang et al.   Biology Direct

Diversity and localization of bacterial symbionts in three whitefly species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from the east coast of the Adriatic Sea

(2012) M. Škaljac et al.   BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

TolC-Dependent Secretion of an Ankyrin Repeat-Containing Protein of Rickettsia typhi

(2012) Simran J. Kaur et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Sequence, structure and functional diversity of PD-(D/E)XK phosphodiesterase superfamily

(2012) Kamil Steczkiewicz et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The SAR11 Group of Alpha-Proteobacteria Is Not Related to the Origin of Mitochondria

(2012) Naiara Rodríguez-Ezpeleta et al.   PLoS One

Membrane Fusion Proteins of Type I Secretion System and Tripartite Efflux Pumps Share a Binding Motif for TolC in Gram-Negative Bacteria

(2012) Minho Lee et al.   PLoS One

Comparative Genomics Suggests an Independent Origin of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in Cardinium hertigii

(2012) Thomas Penz et al.   PLoS Genetics

Rickettsia felis: from a rare disease in the USA to a common cause of fever in sub-Saharan Africa

(2011) P. Parola   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Genomic basis of endosymbiont-conferred protection against an insect parasitoid

(2011) A. K. Hansen et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

PATRIC: the Comprehensive Bacterial Bioinformatics Resource with a Focus on Human Pathogenic Species

(2011) Joseph J. Gillespie et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

A Rickettsia Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements Provides Insight into the Acquisition of Genes Characteristic of an Obligate Intracellular Lifestyle

(2011) J. J. Gillespie et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Rhizome of Life: The Sympatric Rickettsia felis Paradigm Demonstrates the Random Transfer of DNA Sequences

(2011) V. Merhej et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Independent Genome Reduction and Phylogenetic Reclassification of the Oceanic SAR11 Clade

(2011) J. Viklund et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Horizontal transmission of Rickettsia felis between cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis

(2011) SUPANEE HIRUNKANOKPUN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Isolation of a Rickettsial Pathogen from a Non-Hematophagous Arthropod

(2011) Chutima Thepparit et al.   PLoS One

Acquisition of Rickettsia felis by Cat Fleas During Feeding

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Structure and Function of MARTX Toxins and Other Large Repetitive RTX Proteins

(2010) Karla J.F. Satchell   Annual Review of Microbiology

Structure and Regulation of the Type VI Secretion System

(2010) Julie M. Silverman et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Rickettsia Symbionts Cause Parthenogenetic Reproduction in the Parasitoid Wasp Pnigalio soemius (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

(2010) M. Giorgini et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rickettsia felis Infection in a Common Household Insect Pest, Liposcelis bostrychophila (Psocoptera: Liposcelidae)

(2010) A. Behar et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

DIVEIN: a web server to analyze phylogenies, sequence divergence, diversity, and informative sites

(2010) Wenjie Deng et al.   BIOTECHNIQUES

Discovery and identification of a male-killing agent in the Japanese ladybird Propylea japonica (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

(2010) Tamsin MO Majerus et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Co-infection and localization of secondary symbionts in two whitefly species

(2010) Marisa Skaljac et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Virulence of an emerging pathogenic lineage of Vibrio nigripulchritudo is dependent on two plasmids

(2010) Frédérique Le Roux et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogenomics Reveals a Diverse Rickettsiales Type IV Secretion System

(2010) J. J. Gillespie et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The draft genome sequence ofArsenophonus nasoniae, son-killer bacterium ofNasonia vitripennis, reveals genes associated with virulence and symbiosis

(2010) T. E. Wilkes et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Diversity and infection prevalence of endosymbionts in natural populations of the chestnut weevil: relevance of local climate and host plants

(2010) HIROKAZU TOJU et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

CDD: a Conserved Domain Database for the functional annotation of proteins

(2010) A. Marchler-Bauer et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

progressiveMauve: Multiple Genome Alignment with Gene Gain, Loss and Rearrangement

(2010) Aaron E. Darling et al.   PLoS One

PhyloBayes 3: a Bayesian software package for phylogenetic reconstruction and molecular dating

(2009) Nicolas Lartillot et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Circos: An information aesthetic for comparative genomics

(2009) M. Krzywinski et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

A Typhus Group-Specific Protease Defies Reductive Evolution in Rickettsiae

(2009) N. C. Ammerman et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Genome of the Amoeba Symbiont "Candidatus Amoebophilus asiaticus" Reveals Common Mechanisms for Host Cell Interaction among Amoeba-Associated Bacteria

(2009) S. Schmitz-Esser et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Ecology of Rickettsia felis: A Review

(2009) Kathryn E. Reif et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

An Anomalous Type IV Secretion System in Rickettsia Is Evolutionarily Conserved

(2009) Joseph J. Gillespie et al.   PLoS One

Genome Sequence of the Endosymbiont Rickettsia peacockii and Comparison with Virulent Rickettsia rickettsii: Identification of Virulence Factors

(2009) Roderick F. Felsheim et al.   PLoS One

Hamiltonella defensa, genome evolution of protective bacterial endosymbiont from pathogenic ancestors

(2009) P. H. Degnan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterization and Growth of Polymorphic Rickettsia felis in a Tick Cell Line

(2008) P. Sunyakumthorn et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diverse Phage-Encoded Toxins in a Protective Insect Endosymbiont

(2008) P. H. Degnan et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology

(2008) Ramy K Aziz et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The Whole-genome Sequencing of the Obligate Intracellular Bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi Revealed Massive Gene Amplification During Reductive Genome Evolution

(2008) K. Nakayama et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Identification and Characterization of a Repeat-in-Toxin Gene Cluster in Vibrio anguillarum

(2008) L. Li et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Vibrio vulnificus rtxE Is Important for Virulence, and Its Expression Is Induced by Exposure to Host Cells

(2008) B. C. Lee et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Rickettsia Phylogenomics: Unwinding the Intricacies of Obligate Intracellular Life

(2008) Joseph J. Gillespie et al.   PLoS One

A Rapid Bootstrap Algorithm for the RAxML Web Servers

(2008) Alexandros Stamatakis et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Louse- and flea-borne rickettsioses: biological and genomic analyses

(2008) Joseph J. Gillespie et al.   VETERINARY RESEARCH