A Comparative View of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi and the Other Groups of Rickettsiae

Recent researches on the rickettsial group microorganisms are summarized in their comparative aspects of morphology, cultivation and multiplication, susceptibility to chemotherapeutics, chemical structure of envelopes, nucleic acid, protein constitution, and gene structures. From this overview, Rick...

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Published in:European journal of epidemiology 1991-05, Vol.7 (3), p.259-269
Main Authors: Tamura, A., Urakami, H., Ohashi, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antigens
Bacterial Proteins - analysis
Base Sequence
Cell Wall - chemistry
Cell walls
Coxiella burnetii
DNA, Bacterial - analysis
Fever
Genes, Bacterial
Heat-Shock Proteins - genetics
L cells
Lipopolysaccharides - analysis
Microorganisms
Molecular Sequence Data
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Orientia tsutsugamushi - analysis
Orientia tsutsugamushi - classification
Orientia tsutsugamushi - genetics
Peptidoglycan - analysis
Promoter regions
Rickettsia
Rickettsia - analysis
Rickettsia - classification
Rickettsia - genetics
Typhus
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Summary:Recent researches on the rickettsial group microorganisms are summarized in their comparative aspects of morphology, cultivation and multiplication, susceptibility to chemotherapeutics, chemical structure of envelopes, nucleic acid, protein constitution, and gene structures. From this overview, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi seems to have different properties from the others and should be reclassified into a new genus, and a new species name as Orientia tsutsugamushi is proposed.
ISSN:0393-2990
0392-2990
1573-7284
DOI:10.1007/bf00145675