title: A comparative view of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi and the other groups of rickettsiae.
abstract: Recent researches on the rickettsial group microorganisms are summarized in their comparative aspects of morphology, cultivation and multiplication, susceptibility to chemotherapeutics, chemical structure of envelopes, nucleic acid, protein constitution, and gene structures. From this overview, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi seems to have different properties from the others and should be reclassified into a new genus, and a new species name as Orientia tsutsugamushi is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Niigata College of Pharmacy, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Urakami
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohashi
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D001483:Base Sequence; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012285:Orientia tsutsugamushi / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000032:analysis; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D010457:Peptidoglycan