Taxonomic position of the rickettsiae: current knowledge.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6976.1994.tb00032.x

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Taxonomic position of the rickettsiae: current knowledge.

FEMS microbiology reviews - 1 Jan 1994

Drancourt M, Raoult D

Abstract excerpt

The term rickettsiae initially encompassed all intracellular bacteria. Early rickettsial taxonomy was based on a comparison of a few phenotypic characteristics and recently, molecular studies brought new bases for rickettsial taxonomy. All rickettsial species studied so far belong to the alpha an...

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Alphaproteobacteria
Phenotype
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Rickettsia

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