RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Uchida, Takahiro A1 Uchiyama, Tsuneo A1 Kumano, Keiko A1 Walker, David H.YR 1992 T1 Rickettsia japonica sp. nov., the Etiological Agent of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in Japan JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 42 IS 2 SP 303 OP 305 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-42-2-303 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB We propose the name Rickettsia japonica sp. nov. (with type strain YH [= ATCC VR-1363]) for a serologically specific species of spotted fever group rickettsiae that are pathogenic for humans (J. Infect. Dis. 159:1122-1126, 1989; J. Clin. Microbiol. 28:1177-1180, 1990). The biologic and genomic characteristics of the organism (G+C content, 31.2 ± 0.7 mol%) are essentially the same as those of other pathogenic spotted fever group rickettsiae, although the R. japonica isolates cause a persistent infection in Vero cells for many subcultures., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-42-2-303