| Rickettsia peacockii | |
|---|---|
| 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. peacockii | 
| Binomial name | |
| Rickettsia peacockii NIEBYLSKI et al., 1997 | |
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 SkalkahoT. The organism is passed transstadially and transovarially, and infections are localized in ovarial tissues.[ citation needed ]