Kingdom Bacteria Family Rickettsiaceae Genus Rickettsia Order Rickettsiales | Class Alphaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria Rank Species | |
Similar Rickettsia, Dermacentor andersoni, Rickettsiales, Rickettsia africae, Rickettsia akari | ||
Rickettsia peacockii is a species of gram negative Alphaproteobacteria of the spotted fever group, identified from Rocky Mountain wood ticks (Dermacentor andersoni). Its type strain is SkalkahoT. The organism is passed transstadially and transovarially, and infections are localized in ovarial tissues.
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