Rickettsia asiatica is a tick-borne pathogenic species borne by Ixodes ovatus. The type strain of Rickettsia asiatica sp. nov. is IO-1T (=CSUR R2T).[1]

Rickettsia asiatica
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Subclass: "Rickettsidae"
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Rickettsia
Species group: Spotted fever group
Species:
R. asiatica
Binomial name
Rickettsia asiatica
Fujita et al. 2006

References

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  1. Fujita, H. (2006). "Rickettsia asiatica sp. nov., isolated in Japan". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (10): 2365–2368. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64177-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 17012563.

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