Rickettsia peacockii explained

Rickettsia peacockii is a species of gram negative Alphaproteobacteria of the spotted fever group, identified from Rocky Mountain wood ticks (Dermacentor andersoni).^[1] Its type strain is Skalkaho^T. The organism is passed transstadially and transovarially, and infections are localized in ovarial tissues.

Further reading

• Simser. J. A.. Palmer. A. T.. Munderloh. U. G.. Kurtti. T. J.. Isolation of a Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia, Rickettsia peacockii, in a Rocky Mountain Wood Tick, Dermacentor andersoni, Cell Line. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67. 2. 2001. 546–552. 0099-2240. 10.1128/AEM.67.2.546-552.2001. 11157215. 92619. 2001ApEnM..67..546S .
• Mattila. Joshua T.. Munderloh. Ulrike G.. Kurtti. Timothy J.. Rickettsia peacockii, an endosymbiont of Dermacentor andersoni, does not elicit or inhibit humoral immune responses from immunocompetent D. andersoni or Ixodes scapularis cell lines. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 31. 11. 2007. 1095–1106. 0145-305X. 10.1016/j.dci.2007.01.011. 17428539. 2099254.
• Felsheim . Roderick F. . Kurtti . Timothy J. . Munderloh . Ulrike G. . 2009 . Genome sequence of the endosymbiont Rickettsia peacockii and comparison with virulent Rickettsia rickettsii: identification of virulence factors . PLOS ONE . 4 . 12. e8361 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0008361. 20027221 . 2791219 . 2009PLoSO...4.8361F . free .

Notes and References

1. Niebylski. M. L.. Schrumpf. M. E.. Burgdorfer. W.. Fischer. E. R.. Gage. K. L.. Schwan. T. G.. Rickettsia peacockii sp. nov., a New Species Infecting Wood Ticks, Dermacentor andersoni, in Western Montana. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47. 2. 1997. 446–452. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-47-2-446. 9103635. free.