Rickettsia monacensis

Rickettsia monacensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Rickettsia
Species: R. monacensis
Binomial name
Rickettsia monacensis
Simser et al. 2002

Rickettsia monacensis is a tick-borne (Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes nipponensis)[1] spotted fever group Rickettsia species.[2]

References

  1. Shin, Sun-Hye; Seo, Hyun-Ji; Choi, Yeon-Joo; Choi, Min-Kyung; Kim, Heung-Chul; Klein, Terry A.; Chong, Sung-Tae; Richards, Allen L.; Park, Kyung-Hee; Jang, Won-Jong (2013). "Detection of Rickettsia monacensis from Ixodes nipponensis collected from rodents in Gyeonggi and Gangwon Provinces, Republic of Korea". Experimental and Applied Acarology 61 (3): 337–347. doi:10.1007/s10493-013-9699-1. ISSN 0168-8162. PMID 23624621.
  2. Simser, J. A.; Palmer, A. T.; Fingerle, V.; Wilske, B.; Kurtti, T. J.; Munderloh, U. G. (2002). "Rickettsia monacensis sp. nov., a Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia, from Ticks (Ixodes ricinus) Collected in a European City Park". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68 (9): 4559–4566. doi:10.1128/AEM.68.9.4559-4566.2002. ISSN 0099-2240. PMID 12200314.

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