RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Diop, Awa A1 Barker, Stephen C. A1 Eberhard, Mey A1 Barker, Dayana A1 Nguyen, Thi Tien A1 Di Pinto, Fabrizio A1 Raoult, Didier A1 Mediannikov, OlegYR 2018 T1 Rickettsia fournieri sp. nov., a novel spotted fever group rickettsia from Argas lagenoplastis ticks in Australia JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 12 SP 3781 OP 3784 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003057 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Strain AUS118T was isolated from an Argas lagenoplastis tick collected from the nest of a Petrochelidon ariel (fairy martin) in Australia in 2013. Microscopic observation of infected cell cultures indicated this strain had a morphology and intracellular location typical of Rickettsia species. Phylogenetic analysis of this strain based firstly on multi-locus sequence analysis and subsequently on whole genome analysis demonstrated that AUS118T was most closely related to, but divergent from Rickettsia japonica and Rickettsia heilongjiangensis . We therefore propose the creation of a novel species, Rickettsia fournieri sp. nov, with the type strain AUS118T (DSM 28985 and CSUR R501)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003057