Rickettsia sibirica
Species of bacterium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rickettsia sibirica is a species of Rickettsia.[1] This bacterium is the etiologic agent of North Asian tick typhus, which is also known as Siberian tick typhus.[2] The ticks that transmit it are primarily various species of Dermacentor and Haemaphysalis.[3]
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Rickettsia sibirica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Rickettsiales |
Family: | Rickettsiaceae |
Genus: | Rickettsia |
Species group: | Spotted fever group |
Species: | R. sibirica |
Binomial name | |
Rickettsia sibirica Zdrodovskii, 1948 | |
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