Draft genome sequence of Rickettsia monacensis strain IrR/Munich. Rickettsia monacensis IrR/Munich

The draft genome sequence of Rickettsia monacensis strain IrR/Munich has been determined in order to perform genome comparisons. Contigs 1-78 are in order and gaps between contigs are caused by transposons. R. monacensis is an obligate intracellular bacterium isolated from an Ixodes ricinus tick collected at a park in Munich, Germany. It has not proven to be pathogenic to mammals. The closest known relative of this bacterium is the Rickettsial endosymbiont of Ixodes scapularis (REIS) which we isolated from an Ixodes scapularis tick in Minnesota.