PLASMIDS AND RICKETTSIAL EVOLUTION: INSIGHT FROM RICKETTSIA FELIS.

Plasmids and rickettsial evolution: insight from Rickettsia felis.

The genome sequence of Rickettsia felis revealed a number of rickettsial genetic anomalies that likely contribute not only to a large genome size relative to other rickettsiae, but also to phenotypic oddities that have confounded the categorization of R.felis as either typhus group (TG) or spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae.Most intriguing was t

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Can turbulence within the field of view cause significant biases in radiative transfer modeling at the 183 GHz band?

The hypothesis whether turbulence within the passive microwave sounders field of view can cause significant biases in radiative transfer modeling at the 183 GHz water vapor absorption band is tested.A novel Jandy LXi Parts method to calculate the effects of turbulence in radiative transfer modeling is presented.It is shown that the turbulent

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