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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 56 (2006), 1673-1675; DOI  10.1099/ijs.0.64134-0
© 2006 International Union of Microbiological Societies

Rickettsia tamurae sp. nov., isolated from Amblyomma testudinarium ticks

Pierre-Edouard Fournier1, Nobuhiro Takada2, Hiromi Fujita3 and Didier Raoult1

1 Unité des rickettsies, IFR 48, CNRS UMR 6020, Faculté de médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France
2 Department of Pathological Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Matsuoka, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
3 Ohara Research Laboratory, Ohara General Hospital, Fukushima 960-0195, Japan

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Pierre-Edouard Fournier
Pierre-Edouard.Fournier{at}medecine.univ-mrs.fr

Rickettsia sp. strain AT-1T was isolated from Amblyomma testudinarium ticks in Japan in 1993. Comparative analysis of sequences obtained from 16S rRNA, gltA, ompA, ompB and sca4 gene fragments demonstrated those from AT-1T to be markedly different from those of other members of the spotted fever group. Using mouse serotyping, it was also observed that Rickettsia sp. strain AT-1T was different from other Rickettsia species with validly published names. Such genotypic and phenotypic characteristics warrant its classification as a representative of a novel species, for which the name Rickettsia tamurae sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain AT-1T (=CSUR R1T).

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rRNA, gltA, ompA, ompB and sca4 gene sequences of strain AT-1T are respectively AY049981, AF394896, DQ103259, DQ113910 and DQ113911.




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