Rickettsia_peacockii

<i>Rickettsia peacockii</i>

Rickettsia peacockii

Species of bacterium

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.[citation needed]

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References

  1. [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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