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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Feb 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Mol Evol. 2006 Jan 11;62(1):99–110. doi: 10.1007/s00239-005-0080-9

Table 1.

Rickettsia sequences

Species OmpA OmpB PS120 ENCODING GENE Description Human disease
R. africae RAU83436 AF123706 AF151724 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen African tick bite fever
R. aeschlimannii RAU83446 AF123705 AF163006 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen
R. akari AF123707 AF213016 Mite vectored vertebrate pathogen Rickettsial pox
R. australis AF123709 AF187982 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen Queensland tick typhus
R. conorii RCU83440, RCU83443, RCU83448, RCU83453 AF123726, AF123721 AF163005, AF163008, U01133 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen Mediterranean spotted fever
R. felis AF182279 AF196973 Flea vectored vertebrate pathogen Californian flea rickettsiosis
R. heilongjiangii AF179363 AY260451 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen
R. heilongjiangensis v. extremiorientalis AY280710 AY280712 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen
R. helvetica AF163009 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen
R. honei AF018076 AF123711 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen Flinders Island spotted fever
R. honei AF123724 AF163004 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen Thai tick typhus
R. hulinii AF179366 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen
R. hulinensis AY260452 Isolated from ticks
R. japonica RJU83442 AF123713, RJAB3681 AF155055, AB003696 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen Japanese fever
R. massiliae RMU83444, RMU83445 AF123714 AF163003 Isolated from ticks
R. mongolotimonae RMU83439 AF123715 AF151725 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen
R. montana RMU83447 Isolated from ticks
R. montanensis AF123716 AF163002 Isolated from ticks
R. parkeri RPU83449 AF123717 AF155059 Isolated from ticks
R. prowazekii AF211820, AF211821, AF161079, AF123718 AF200340 Louse vectored vertebrate pathogen Epidemic typhus
R. rhipicephali RRU83450 AF123719 AF155053 Isolated from ticks
R. rickettsii RRU83451 RRP120 AF163000 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen Rocky Mountain spotted fever
R. sibirica RSU83455 AF123722 AF155057 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen Siberian tick typus
R. slovaca RSU83454 AF123723 AF155054 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen
R. typhi AF188482 Flea vectored vertebrate pathogen Murine typus
Rickettsia sp. California 2 AF210695 Isolated from fleas
Rickettsia sp. DnS28 AF120019 Isolated from ticks
Rickettsia sp. DnS14 AF120020 Isolated from ticks
Rickettsia sp. RpA4 AF120023 Isolated from ticks
Rickettsia sp. IRS3 AF141910 Isolated from ticks
Rickettsia sp. IRS4 AF141912 AF163010 Isolated from ticks
Rickettsia sp. BJ-90 AF179367 Isolated from ticks
Astrakhan fever Rickettsia ARU83437 AF123708 AF163007 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen
Israeli tick typhus Rickettsia ITU83441 AF123712 AF155058 Tick vectored vertebrate pathogen
Rickettsia BAR-29 RSU83438 AF123710 AF155056 Isolated from ticks
Rickettsia sp. S RSU83452 AF123720 AF163001