| rickettsia gravesii sp. nov.: a novel spotted fever group rickettsia in western australian amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum ticks. | a rickettsial organism harboured by amblyomma triguttatum ticks on barrow island, western australia, was discovered after reports of possible rickettsiosis among local workers. subsequent isolation of this rickettsia (strain bwi-1) in cell culture and analysis of its phylogenetic, genotypic and phenotypic relationships with type strains of rickettsia species with standing in nomenclature suggested that it was sufficiently divergent to warrant its classification as a new species. multiple gene co ... | 2017 | 28857025 |