Neorickettsia risticii

Neorickettsia risticii (formerly Ehrlichia risticii)[1] is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes Potomac horse fever.

Ehrlichiaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Alpha Proteobacteria
Order:
Rickettsiales
Family:
Anaplasmataceae
Genus:
Neorickettsia
Species:
N. risticii
Binomial name
Neorickettsia risticii (Dumler et al., 2001)

See also

References
  1. Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CP, et al. (2001). "Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51 (Pt 6): 2145–65. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-6-2145. PMID 11760958.


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