Orientia tsutsugamushi
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Orientia tsutsugamushi is a mite-borne bacterium belonging to the family Rickettsiaceae and is responsible for a disease called scrub typhus in humans. It is a natural and an obligate intracellular pa
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Chigger with its stylostome (arrowhead), the feeding apparatus.
O. tsutsugamushi in human (U937) cells.
Genomes of O. tsutsugamushi strains. From outermost to innermost ring of each genome: repetitive regions in purple, core genes in green, repeat genes in red and pseudogenes in blue. The innermost line graph shows GC-content (1000bp windows) with above-median region in green, and below-median regions in red.
Rickettsiaceae
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The Rickettsiaceae are a family of bacteria. The genus Rickettsia is the most prominent genus within the family. The bacteria that eventually formed the mitochondrion is believed to have originated fr
Orientia tsutsugamushi
…Orientia tsutsugamushi (from Japanese tsutsuga meaning "illness", and mushi meaning "insect") is a mite-borne bacterium belonging to the family Rickettsiaceae and is responsible for a disease called scrub typhus in humans. It is a natural and an obligate intracellular parasite of mites belonging to the family…
Rickettsia rickettsii