Rickettsia japonica sp. nov., the etiological agent of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Japan

T. Uchida; T. Uchiyama; K. Kumano; D. H. Walker

doi:10.1099/00207713-42-2-303

Rickettsia japonica sp. nov., the etiological agent of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Japan

T. Uchida, T. Uchiyama, K. Kumano, D. H. Walker

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	303-305
Number of pages	3
Journal	International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology
Volume	42
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-42-2-303
State	Published - 1992
Externally published	Yes

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