Rickettsia conorii

Rank: Species

Lineage: Bacteria;Proteobacteria;Alphaproteobacteria;Rickettsiales;Rickettsiaceae;Rickettsia;Rickettsia conorii

Description: This organism causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever which can cause severe damage to the endothelial layer of major organs, including the lungs, heart, kidneys, and skeletal muscle which can result in death. The bacterium can move intra- and intercellularly via actin polymerization, unlike Rickettsia prowazekii. The agent responsible for this, an outer membrane protein, RickA, that promotes actin polymerization, was identified by comparison of the two genomes of Rickettsia conorii and Rickettsia prowazekii. More >> Less >>

Reference Material:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/?term=Rickettsia%20conorii

Name	Rank	Genomes	Info
Rickettsia	Genus	5
Rickettsia conorii	Species	1

Name: Rickettsia

Rank: Genus

Lineage:
Bacteria;Proteobacteria;Alphaproteobacteria;Rickettsiales;Rickettsiaceae;Rickettsia

Description:
Rickettsia is a genus of nonmotile, gram-negative, nonspore-forming, highly pleomorphic bacteria that can be present as cocci, rods, or thread-like. The term rickettsia, named after Howard Taylor Ricketts, is often used interchangeably for any member of the Rickettsiales. Being obligate intracellular parasites, the Rickettsia survival depends on entry, growth, and replication within the cytoplasm of eukaryotic host cells (typically endothelial cells). Rickettsia cannot live in artificial nutrient environments and is grown either in tissue or embryo cultures; typically, chicken embryos are used, following a method developed by Ernest William Goodpasture and his colleagues at Vanderbilt University in the early 1930s.

Reference Material:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickettsia

Genome Status
- Complete
Isolation Country
- South Africa
Disease
- Rocky mountain spotted fever
Collection Year
- -
Completion Year
- -

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