Rickettsia slovaca sp. nov., a member of the spotted fever group rickettsiae

被引:47
作者
Sekeyová, Z
Roux, V
Xu, WB
Rehácek, J
Raoult, D [1 ]
机构
[1] Fac Med Marseille, Unite Rickettsies, CNRS UPRESA 6020, F-13385 Marseille, France
[2] Slovak Acad Sci, Inst Virol, Bratislava 84246, Slovakia
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY | 1998年 / 48卷
关键词
Rickettsia slovaca; spotted fever group rickettsiae; taxonomic and; phylogenetic analysis;
D O I
10.1099/00207713-48-4-1455
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The name Rickettsia slovaca sp. nov. (type strain is strain B) is proposed for a member of the spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae which was isolated from Dermacentor marginatus ticks in Slovakia in 1968, and was recently implicated in human febrile illness. This rickettsia can be phenotypically distinguished from other SFG rickettsiae by microimmunofluorescence serotyping, SDS-PAGE, Western blotting and mAbs. Genotypic differences between R. slovaca and the other SFG representatives can be demonstrated by PCR-RFLP analysis. pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and sequencing of 16S rRNA, gltA and ompA genes.
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页码:1455 / 1462
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