About the Authors
- Magali Lescot
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Affiliation Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, CNRS UPR2589, IFR88, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille, France
- Stéphane Audic
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Affiliation Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, CNRS UPR2589, IFR88, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille, France
- Catherine Robert
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Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, UMR CNRS-IRD 6236, IFR48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
- Thi Tien Nguyen
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Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, UMR CNRS-IRD 6236, IFR48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
- Guillaume Blanc
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Affiliation Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, CNRS UPR2589, IFR88, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille, France
- Sally J. Cutler
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Affiliation School of Health and Bioscience, University of East London, Stratford, London, United Kingdom
- Patrick Wincker
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Affiliation Genoscope (CEA), Evry, France
- Arnaud Couloux
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Affiliation Genoscope (CEA), Evry, France
- Jean-Michel Claverie
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Affiliation Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, CNRS UPR2589, IFR88, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille, France
- Didier Raoult
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Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, UMR CNRS-IRD 6236, IFR48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
- Michel Drancourt
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* E-mail: michel.drancourt@univmed.fr
Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, UMR CNRS-IRD 6236, IFR48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DR. Performed the experiments: CR TTN PW AC. Analyzed the data: ML SA GB SJC JMC DR MD. Wrote the paper: ML SA GB SJC JMC DR MD. Performed the bioinformatic analyses: ML SA GB. Performed genome sequencing: PW AC.