Query: NC_016050:771752 Rickettsia japonica YH, complete genome Lineage: Rickettsia japonica; Rickettsia; Rickettsiaceae; Rickettsiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria General Information: The causal agent of Oriental Spotted Fever. Human pathogen. Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria mostly found in arthropods, some of which cause mild to severe diseases in humans. Rickettsia japonica strain YH was isolated in 1985 from the blood of a patient with febrile exanthematous illness in Japan.
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General Information: Country: Russia; Environment: Air; Isolation: Air in a school dining room; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 37C; The organism was isolated on a meat-extract peptone agar plate from the air in aschool dining room. This organism produces branching mycelium and produces sporangia intercalary in the mycelial hyphae.