Rickettsia heilongjiangensis

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Rickettsia heilongjiangensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Rickettsia
Species group: Spotted fever group
Species:
R. heilongjiangensis
Binomial name
Rickettsia heilongjiangensis
Fournier et al., 2003

Rickettsia heilongjiangensis is a species of gram negative Alphaproteobacteria, within the spotted fever group, being carried by ticks.[1] It is pathogenic (causing specific rickettsiosis called Far Eastern spotted fever).[2][3]

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