Rickettsia peacockii

Rickettsia peacockii
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Rickettsia
Species group: Spotted fever group
Species:
R. peacockii
Binomial name
Rickettsia peacockii
NIEBYLSKI et al., 1997

Rickettsia peacockii is a species of gram negative Alphaproteobacteria of the spotted fever group, identified from Rocky Mountain wood ticks (Dermacentor andersoni).[1] Its type strain is SkalkahoT. The organism is passed transstadially and transovarially, and infections are localized in ovarial tissues.

References

  1. Niebylski, M. L.; Schrumpf, M. E.; Burgdorfer, W.; Fischer, E. R.; Gage, K. L.; Schwan, T. G. (1997). "Rickettsia peacockii sp. nov., a New Species Infecting Wood Ticks, Dermacentor andersoni, in Western Montana". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (2): 446–452. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-446. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103635.

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