Transposon mutagenesis of Rickettsia felis sca1 confers a distinct phenotype during flea infection

• Hanna J. Laukaitis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Triston T. Cooper,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

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• Chanakan Suwanbongkot,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

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• Victoria I. Verhoeve,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Timothy J. Kurtti,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Ulrike G. Munderloh,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Kevin R. Macaluso

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kmacaluso@southalabama.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8537-6100

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