Orientia tsutsugamushi

Orientia tsutsugamushi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rickettsiales
Prokaryota Superregnum: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Classis: Alphaproteobacteria Ordo: Rickettsiales

Familia: Rickettsiaceae
Tribus: Rickettsieae
Genus: Orientia
Species: Orientia tsutsugamushi
Strain: O. tsutsugamushi Boryong

Name

Orientia tsutsugamushi (Hayashi) A.Tamura et al., 1995

Type strain: Karp = ATCC VR-150

Basionym: Rickettsia tsutsugamushi (Hayashi) Ogata, 1931

Synonyms

• Rickettsia akamushi Kawamura & Imagawa, 1931
• Rickettsia orientalis Nagayo et al., 1930
• Theileria tsutsugamushi Hayashi, 1920

References

• A. Tamura, N. Ohashi, H. Urakami and S. Miyamura: Classification of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi in a new genus, Orientia gen. nov., as Orientia tsutsugamushi comb. nov. Internation Journal for Systematical Bacteriology 45: 589–591 (1995)
• List of Prokaryotic Names [1]