@article{fdi:010080135,
  title = {{T}wo novel {R}ickettsia species of soft ticks in {N}orth {A}frica : "{C}andidatus {R}ickettsia africaseptentrionalis" and "{C}andidatus {R}ickettsia mauretanica"},
  author = {{B}uysse, {M}arie and {D}uron, {O}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{R}ickettsia are obligate intracellular bacteria often reported from hard ticks but more rarely from soft ticks. {I}n this study, we detected in {N}orthern {A}frica two putatively novel {R}ickettsia species in soft tick species of the {O}rnithodoros erraticus complex : {O}rnithodoros occidentalis from {M}orocco, {O}rnithodoros erraticus from {A}lgeria and {O}rnithodoros normandi from {T}unisia. {W}e characterized these two novel {R}ickettsia species on the basis of comparative {DNA} sequence analyses and phylogenetics of four genes (glt{A}, 16{S} r{RNA}, cox{A} and omp{B}). {T}hese {R}ickettsia, provisionally named '{C}andidatus {R}ickettsia africaseptentrionalis' and '{C}andidatus {R}ickettsia mauretanica', differed in nucleotide sequence from those of other {R}ickettsia species by 0.38-21.43 % depending on the gene examined. {P}hylogenetics further showed that the two novel {R}ickettsia species are closely related to each other and represent sister taxa to {R}. hoogstraalii, {R}. felis and {R}. asembonensis within the transitional {R}ickettsia group. {W}hile {O}rnithodoros host species of '{C}andidatus {R}ickettsia africaseptentrionalis' and '{C}andidatus {R}ickettsia mauretanica' are among the most common soft ticks to bite humans, their pathogenicity remains to be investigated.},
  keywords = {{ALGERIE} ; {MAROC} ; {TUNISIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{T}icks and {T}ick-{B}orne {D}iseases},
  volume = {11},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {101376 [7 ]},
  ISSN = {1877-959{X}},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101376},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010080135},
}