Rickettsia australis
Rickettsia australis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Rickettsiales |
Family: | Rickettsiaceae |
Genus: | Rickettsia |
Species: | R. australis |
Binomial name | |
Rickettsia australis | |
Rickettsia australis is a bacterium that causes a medical condition called Queensland tick typhus.[1][2] The probable vectors are the tick species, Ixodes holocyclus and Ixodes tasmani. Small marsupials are suspected reservoirs of this bacterium.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. p. 1130. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0.
- ↑ Dong X, El Karkouri K, Robert C, Raoult D, Fournier PE (September 2012). "Genome sequence of Rickettsia australis, the agent of Queensland tick typhus". J. Bacteriol. 194 (18): 5129. doi:10.1128/JB.01117-12. PMC 3430325. PMID 22933759.
- ↑ Definition: Rickettsia Australis, Medilexicon
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