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HAMAP: Rickettsia canadensis (strain McKiel) complete proteome
General information

Species:  Rickettsia canadensis (strain McKiel)
Species code: RICCK
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rickettsiales; Rickettsiaceae; Rickettsieae; Rickettsia; typhus group (TaxID: 293613) [NEWT/ NCBI]
Description: Rickettsia canadensis was first isolated from Haemaphysalis leporispalustris ticks removed from rabbits in Ontario, Canada. It was initially considered a member of the typhus group rickettsiae on the basis of antigenic similarities. However, according to recent molecular studies, it is thought to be a representative of a distinct group within the genus rickettsia, such as Rickettsia bellii. The role of Rickettsia canadensis as a human pathogen has not been definitively established. Serological evidence of infection has been reported in four patients presenting with an RMSF-like disease in California and Texas. A role for Rickettsia canadensis in acute cerebral vasculitis was also suspected in a patient from southwestern Ohio, based on serological studies that included immunoblot analysis. This description is based on PubMed 16223955.
Properties: Presence of flagella: No
Human pathogen: Probable
Interaction: Animal pathogen in Mammalia (intracellular obligate)
Number of membranes: 2
Number of inteins:0
Statistics: Number of RICCK entries in the UniProt Knowledgebase: 1091 (234 in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot + 857 in UniProtKB/TrEMBL)


Genome(s) sequenced

Strain:    McKiel
Genome structure:
Chromosome EMBL accession number CP000409 (linear; 1,159,772 bp) (download entry)
Reference(s):
[1] Madan A., Fahey J., Helton E., Ketteman M., Madan A., Rodrigues S., Sanchez A., Whiting M., Dasch G., Eremeeva M. ;
"Complete genome sequence of Rickettsia canadensis.";
Submitted (SEP-2007) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
Web links:
GIB (DDJB): http://gib.genes.nig.ac.jp/single/index.php?spid=Rcan_McKiel
PATRIC: http://patric.vbi.vt.edu/genome/overview.php?genomeId=2812
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