‘CandidatusRickettsia mendelii’, a novel basal group rickettsia detected in Ixodes ricinusticks in the Czech Republic

Autor: Hajduskova, Eva, Literak, Ivan, Papousek, Ivo, Costa, Francisco B., Novakova, Marketa, Labruna, Marcelo B., Zdrazilova-Dubska, Lenka
Zdroj: Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases; April 2016, Vol. 7 Issue: 3 p482-486, 5p
Abstrakt: •A novel rickettsia was detected in Ixodes ricinusticks feeding on various hosts and in questing ticks.•Phylogenetic analysis revealed a basal position of the novel species in the proximity of R. bellii.•This is the first report of a basal group rickettsia in Europe.•‘CandidatusRickettsia mendelii’ was proposed to designate this microorganism.
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