Rickettsia honei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Rickettsia
Species group: Spotted fever group
Species:
R. honei
Binomial name
Rickettsia honei
Stenos et al., 1998

Rickettsia honei is a species of Rickettsia.[1][2][3]

It can cause Flinders Island spotted fever.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Stenos J, Roux V, Walker D, Raoult D (October 1998). "Rickettsia honei sp. nov., the aetiological agent of Flinders Island spotted fever in Australia". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48 (4): 1399–404. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-4-1399. PMID 9828442.
  2. ^ Unsworth NB, Stenos J, Graves SR, et al. (April 2007). "Flinders Island spotted fever rickettsioses caused by "marmionii" strain of Rickettsia honei, Eastern Australia". Emerging Infect. Dis. 13 (4): 566–73. doi:10.3201/eid1304.050087. PMC 2725950. PMID 17553271.
  3. ^ Xin D, El Karkouri K, Robert C, Raoult D, Fournier PE (August 2012). "Genomic comparison of Rickettsia honei strain RBT and other Rickettsia Species". J. Bacteriol. 194 (15): 4145. doi:10.1128/JB.00802-12. PMC 3416548. PMID 22815457.
  4. ^ "Flinders Island Spotted Fever fact sheet". Tasmanian Department of Health. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  5. ^ Unsworth, Nathan B.; Stenos, John; McGregor, Alistair R.; Dyer, John R.; Graves, Stephen R. (Jun 2005). "Not only 'Flinders Island' spotted fever". Pathology. 37 (3): 242–245. doi:10.1080/00313020500099247.


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