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    The genome of the protist parasite Entamoeba histolytica

    The genome sequence of the pathogen Entamoeba histolytica is reported this week. E. histolytica causes amoebiasis, the second most deadly protozoan disease after malaria. The genome contains adaptations shared wi...

    Brendan Loftus, Iain Anderson, Rob Davies, U. Cecilia M. Alsmark, John Samuelson in Nature (2005)

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    The genome sequence of Rickettsia prowazekii and the origin of mitochondria

    We describe here the complete genome sequence (1,111,523 base pairs) of the obligate intracellular parasite Rickettsia prowazekii, the causative agent of epidemic typhus. This genome contains 834 protein-coding g...

    Siv G. E. Andersson, Alireza Zomorodipour, Jan O. Andersson in Nature (1998)