Rickettsia peacockii Niebylski et al., 1997
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- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
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Classification
- genus
- Rickettsia
- species
- Rickettsia peacockii
Abstract
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.