@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64134-0, author = "Fournier, Pierre-Edouard and Takada, Nobuhiro and Fujita, Hiromi and Raoult, Didier", title = "Rickettsia tamurae sp. nov., isolated from Amblyomma testudinarium ticks", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2006", volume = "56", number = "7", pages = "1673-1675", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64134-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64134-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = " 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).", }