Rickettsia honei

Rickettsia honei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Subclass:	"Rickettsidae"
Order:	Rickettsiales
Family:	Rickettsiaceae
Genus:	Rickettsia
Species group:	Spotted fever group
Species:	R. honei
Binomial name
	Rickettsia honei; Stenos et al., 1998

Last updated January 14, 2026

Rickettsia honei is a species of Rickettsia .^[1]^[2]^[3]

It can cause Flinders Island spotted fever.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Stenos J, Roux V, Walker D, Raoult D (October 1998). "Rickettsia honei sp. nov., the aetiological agent of Flinders Island spotted fever in Australia". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48 (4): 1399–404. doi: 10.1099/00207713-48-4-1399 . PMID 9828442.
↑ Unsworth NB, Stenos J, Graves SR, et al. (April 2007). "Flinders Island spotted fever rickettsioses caused by "marmionii" strain of Rickettsia honei, Eastern Australia". Emerging Infect. Dis. 13 (4): 566–73. doi:10.3201/eid1304.050087. PMC 2725950 . PMID 17553271.
↑ Xin D, El Karkouri K, Robert C, Raoult D, Fournier PE (August 2012). "Genomic comparison of Rickettsia honei strain RBT and other Rickettsia Species". J. Bacteriol. 194 (15): 4145. doi:10.1128/JB.00802-12. PMC 3416548 . PMID 22815457.
↑ "Flinders Island Spotted Fever fact sheet". Tasmanian Department of Health. Archived from the original on 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
↑ Unsworth, Nathan B.; Stenos, John; McGregor, Alistair R.; Dyer, John R.; Graves, Stephen R. (Jun 2005). "Not only 'Flinders Island' spotted fever" . Pathology. 37 (3): 242–245. doi:10.1080/00313020500099247.

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[1] Stenos J, Roux V, Walker D, Raoult D (October 1998). "Rickettsia honei sp. nov., the aetiological agent of Flinders Island spotted fever in Australia". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48 (4): 1399–404. doi: 10.1099/00207713-48-4-1399 . PMID 9828442.

[2] Unsworth NB, Stenos J, Graves SR, et al. (April 2007). "Flinders Island spotted fever rickettsioses caused by "marmionii" strain of Rickettsia honei, Eastern Australia". Emerging Infect. Dis. 13 (4): 566–73. doi:10.3201/eid1304.050087. PMC 2725950 . PMID 17553271.

[3] Xin D, El Karkouri K, Robert C, Raoult D, Fournier PE (August 2012). "Genomic comparison of Rickettsia honei strain RBT and other Rickettsia Species". J. Bacteriol. 194 (15): 4145. doi:10.1128/JB.00802-12. PMC 3416548 . PMID 22815457.

[4] "Flinders Island Spotted Fever fact sheet". Tasmanian Department of Health. Archived from the original on 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2023-03-15.

[5] Unsworth, Nathan B.; Stenos, John; McGregor, Alistair R.; Dyer, John R.; Graves, Stephen R. (Jun 2005). "Not only 'Flinders Island' spotted fever" . Pathology. 37 (3): 242–245. doi:10.1080/00313020500099247.

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