TY - JOUR
T1 - Rickettsia japonica sp. nov., the etiological agent of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Japan
AU - Uchida, T.
AU - Uchiyama, T.
AU - Kumano, K.
AU - Walker, D. H.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - We propose the name Rickettsia japonica sp. nov. (with type strain YH [= ATCC VR-1363]) for a serologically specific species of spotted fever group rickettsiae that are pathogenic for humans (J. Infect. Dis. 159:1122-1126, 1989; J. Clin. Microbiol. 28:1177-1180, 1990). The biologic and genomic characteristics of the organism (G+C content, 31.2 ± 0.7 mol%) are essentially the same as those of other pathogenic spotted fever group rickettsiae, although the R. japonica isolates cause a persistent infection in Vero cells for many subcultures.
AB - We propose the name Rickettsia japonica sp. nov. (with type strain YH [= ATCC VR-1363]) for a serologically specific species of spotted fever group rickettsiae that are pathogenic for humans (J. Infect. Dis. 159:1122-1126, 1989; J. Clin. Microbiol. 28:1177-1180, 1990). The biologic and genomic characteristics of the organism (G+C content, 31.2 ± 0.7 mol%) are essentially the same as those of other pathogenic spotted fever group rickettsiae, although the R. japonica isolates cause a persistent infection in Vero cells for many subcultures.
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U2 - 10.1099/00207713-42-2-303
DO - 10.1099/00207713-42-2-303
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 1581190
AN - SCOPUS:0026585150
VL - 42
SP - 303
EP - 305
JO - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
JF - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
SN - 1466-5026
IS - 2
ER -