Rickettsia monacensis is a tick-borne (Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes nipponensis)[1][2] spotted fever group Rickettsia species.[3]

Rickettsia monacensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Rickettsia
Species group: Spotted fever group
Species:
R. monacensis
Binomial name
Rickettsia monacensis
Simser et al. 2002

References

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  1. ^ Shin, Sun-Hye; Seo, Hyun-Ji; Choi, Yeon-Joo; Choi, Min-Kyung; Kim, Heung-Chul; Klein, Terry A.; Chong, Sung-Tae; Richards, Allen L.; Park, Kyung-Hee; Jang, Won-Jong (2013). "Detection of Rickettsia monacensis from Ixodes nipponensis collected from rodents in Gyeonggi and Gangwon Provinces, Republic of Korea". Experimental and Applied Acarology. 61 (3): 337–347. doi:10.1007/s10493-013-9699-1. ISSN 0168-8162. PMID 23624621. S2CID 15328251.
  2. ^ Akl, Toufic; Bourgoin, Gilles; Souq, Marie-Line; Appolinaire, Joël; Poirel, Marie-Thérèse; Gibert, Philippe; Abi Rizk, Georges; Garel, Mathieu; Zenner, Lionel (2019). "Detection of tick-borne pathogens in questing Ixodes ricinus in the French Pyrenees and first identification of Rickettsia monacensis in France". Parasite. 26: 20. doi:10.1051/parasite/2019019. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6447091. PMID 30943150.  
  3. ^ Simser, J. A.; Palmer, A. T.; Fingerle, V.; Wilske, B.; Kurtti, T. J.; Munderloh, U. G. (2002). "Rickettsia monacensis sp. nov., a Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia, from ticks (Ixodes ricinus) collected in a European city park". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68 (9): 4559–4566. doi:10.1128/AEM.68.9.4559-4566.2002. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 124077. PMID 12200314.

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