Domain Bacteria Class Alphaproteobacteria Family Rickettsiaceae Rank Species | Phylum Proteobacteria Order Rickettsiales Genus Rickettsia | |
Similar Rickettsia akari, Rickettsia africae, Rickettsia conorii, Cardiobacteriaceae, Rickettsiaceae | ||
Rickettsia australis is a bacterium that causes a medical condition called Queensland tick typhus. The probable vectors are the tick species, Ixodes holocyclus and Ixodes tasmani. Small marsupials are suspected reservoirs of this bacterium.
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