%0 Journal Article %A TAMURA, AKIRA %A OHASHI, NORIO %A URAKAMI, HIROSHI %A MIYAMURA, SADAO %T Classification of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi in a New Genus, Orientia gen. nov., as Orientia tsutsugamushi comb. nov. %D 1995 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 45 %N 3 %P 589-591 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-45-3-589 %I Microbiology Society, %X Recent studies of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi have demonstrated clearly the phenotypic and genotypic differences between this microorganism and other species belonging to the genus Rickettsia. Therefore, classification of R. tsutsugamushi in a new genus, Orientia gen. nov., is proposed. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-45-3-589