Rickettsioses are globally distributed and caused by the family Rickettsiaceae, which
comprise a diverse and expanding list of organisms. These include two genera, Rickettsia …

The class Alphaproteobacteria is comprised of a diverse assemblage of Gram-negative
bacteria that includes organisms of varying morphologies, physiologies and habitat …

There are 17 human-biting ticks known in Australia. The bites of Ixodes holocyclus,
Ornithodoros capensis, and Ornithodoros gurneyi can cause paralysis, inflammation, and …

The hard tick family Ixodidae currently comprises 729 species worldwide, but information on
the species that feed on humans is scattered and often difficult to access. We have …

We here present annotated lists of names of Candidatus taxa of prokaryotes with ranks
between subspecies and class, proposed between the mid-1990s, when the provisional …

Spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae are obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria
mainly associated with ticks. In Japan, several hundred cases of Japanese spotted fever …

Recognition and acknowledgment of novel bacterial taxonomy and nomenclature revisions
can impact clinical practice, disease epidemiology, and routine clinical microbiology …

Abstract Ticks Acari: Ixodida transmit a greater variety of pathogens than any other blood-
feeding group of arthropods. While numerous microbes have been identified inhabiting …

Tick-borne infectious diseases caused by obligate intracellular bacteria of the genus
Rickettsia are a growing global problem to human and animal health. Surveillance of these …

Arthropods are the cause of considerable human morbidity. In spite of numerous text books
and reviews published on arthropods of medical importance, this is the first paper in the …