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Proposal to create subspecies of Rickettsia sibirica and an emended description of Rickettsia sibirica.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Oct 2006
Fournier Pierre-Edouard, Zhu Yong, Yu Xuejie, Raoult Didier
Abstract excerpt
The Rickettsia sibirica species is composed of isolates that are genotypically close but can be classified within two distinct serotypes, that is, R. sibirica sensu stricto and R. sibirica mongolitimonae (incorrectly named R. mongolotimonae). We investigated the possibility of classifying rickettsiae closely related to R. sibirica as R. sibirica subspecies, as proposed by the ad hoc Committee on Reconciliation of...
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