Complete Genome Sequence of Rickettsia asiatica Strain Maytaro1284, a Member of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae Isolated from an Ixodes ovatus Tick in Japan

May June Thu; Yongjin Qiu; Junya Yamagishi; Kodai Kusakisako; Shohei Ogata; Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa; Norikazu Isoda; Chihiro Sugimoto; Ken Katakura; Nariaki Nonaka; Ryo Nakao

doi:10.1128/MRA.00886-19

Complete Genome Sequence of Rickettsia asiatica Strain Maytaro1284, a Member of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae Isolated from an Ixodes ovatus Tick in Japan

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Sep 12;8(37):e00886-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00886-19.

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Parasitology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.
² Hokudai Center for Zoonosis Control in Zambia, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
³ Division of Collaboration and Education, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.
⁴ Unit of Risk Analysis and Management, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.
⁵ Laboratory of Parasitology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan ryo.nakao@vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp.

Abstract

This is the first report of the complete genome sequence of Rickettsia asiatica strain Maytaro1284, isolated from an Ixodes ovatus tick in Japan. The genome contains a 1,344,324-bp circular chromosome and one plasmid of 74,761 bp. There was no outer membrane protein A (ompA) gene encoded in the genome.