Rickettsia australis

Rickettsia australis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rickettsiales
Family:	Rickettsiaceae
Genus:	Rickettsia
Species group:	Spotted fever group
Species:	R. australis
Binomial name
	Rickettsia australis; Philip, 1950

Rickettsia australis is a bacterium that causes a medical condition called Queensland tick typhus.[1][2] The probable vectors are the tick species, Ixodes holocyclus and Ixodes tasmani. Small marsupials are suspected reservoirs of this bacterium.[3]

References

Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. p. 1130. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.
Dong X, El Karkouri K, Robert C, Raoult D, Fournier PE (September 2012). "Genome sequence of Rickettsia australis, the agent of Queensland tick typhus". J. Bacteriol. 194 (18): 5129. doi:10.1128/JB.01117-12. PMC 3430325. PMID 22933759.
Definition: Rickettsia Australis, Medilexicon

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[Bolognia-1] Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. p. 1130. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.

[2] Dong X, El Karkouri K, Robert C, Raoult D, Fournier PE (September 2012). "Genome sequence of Rickettsia australis, the agent of Queensland tick typhus". J. Bacteriol. 194 (18): 5129. doi:10.1128/JB.01117-12. PMC 3430325. PMID 22933759.

[3] Definition: Rickettsia Australis, Medilexicon