Rickettsia asiatica

Rickettsia asiatica is a tick-borne pathogenic species borne by Ixodes ovatus. The type strain of Rickettsia asiatica sp. nov. is IO-1^T (=CSUR R2^T).^[1]

Rickettsia asiatica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Subclass:	"Rickettsidae"
Order:	Rickettsiales
Family:	Rickettsiaceae
Genus:	Rickettsia
Species group:	Spotted fever group
Species:	R. asiatica
Binomial name
Rickettsia asiatica Fujita et al. 2006