Orientia

Orientia
Orientia
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Orientia
Species

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Orientia is a genus of bacteria in family Rickettsiaceae.

They are obligate intracellular gram negative bacteria found in insects and mammals. They are spread through the bites or feces of infected insects.

One species is Orientia tsutsugamushi.[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ "New Orientia tsutsugamushi Strain from Scrub Typhus in Australia". http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol4no4/odorico.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-20. 

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