@article{fdi:010074668, title = {{R}ickettsia fournieri sp. nov., a novel spotted fever group rickettsia from {A}rgas lagenoplastis ticks in {A}ustralia}, author = {{D}iop, {A}. and {B}arker, {S}. {C}. and {E}berhard, {M}. and {B}arker, {D}. and {N}guyen, {T}. {T}. and {D}i {P}into, {F}. and {R}aoldt, {D}. and {M}ediannikov, {O}leg}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{S}train {AUS}118({T}) was isolated from an {A}rgas lagenoplastis tick collected from the nest of a {P}etrochelidon ariel (fairy martin) in {A}ustralia in 2013. {M}icroscopic observation of infected cell cultures indicated this strain had a morphology and intracellular location typical of {R}ickettsia species. {P}hylogenetic analysis of this strain based firstly on multi-locus sequence analysis and subsequently on whole genome analysis demonstrated that {AUS}118({T}) was most closely related to, but divergent from {R}ickettsia japonica and {R}ickettsia heilongjiangensis. {W}e therefore propose the creation of a novel species, {R}ickettsia fournieri sp. nov, with the type strain {AUS}118({T}) ({DSM} 28985 and {CSUR} {R}501).}, keywords = {{R}ickettsia fournieri ; new species ; {A}rgas lagenoplastis ; {I}xodida ; {A}ustralia ; {AUSTRALIE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{I}nternational {J}ournal of {S}ystematic and {E}volutionary {M}icrobiology}, volume = {68}, numero = {12}, pages = {3781--3784}, ISSN = {1466-5026}, year = {2018}, DOI = {10.1099/ijsem.0.003057}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074668}, }