Rickettsia australis

Rickettsia australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Rickettsia
Species group: Spotted fever group
Species:
R. australis
Binomial name
Rickettsia australis
Philip, 1950

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]

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Definition: Rickettsia Australis, Medilexicon