Plasmids and Rickettsial Evolution: Insight from Rickettsia felis

• Joseph J. Gillespie,

  Affiliations Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 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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• Magda S. Beier,

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

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• M. Sayeedur Rahman,

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

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• Nicole C. Ammerman,

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

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• Joshua M. Shallom,

  Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Anjan Purkayastha,

  Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Bruno S. Sobral,

  Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Abdu F. Azad

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: aazad@umaryland.edu

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

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