Query: NC_016530:210201 Tetrapisispora phaffii CBS 4417 chromosome 11, complete genome
Query: NC_016530:210201 Tetrapisispora phaffii CBS 4417 chromosome 11, complete genome
Subject: NC_017057:804799 Rickettsia prowazekii str. RpGvF24 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Rickettsia prowazekii; Rickettsia; Rickettsiaceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This species is the causal agent of typhus. The bacteria are transmitted via an insect, usually a tick, to a host organism, in this case humans, where they target endothelial cells and sometimes macrophages. They attach via an adhesin, rickettsial outer membrane protein A, and are internalized where they persist as cytoplasmically free organisms. Transovarial transmission (from mother to offspring) occurs in the invertebrate host.