Rickettsia akari str. Hartford

Rickettsia_akari
Names Rickettsia akari str. Hartford
Accession numbers NC_009881
Background Rickettsia akari is the causative agent of rickettsialpox. The disease was first described in 1946 in residents of the borough of Queens, in New York. Small outbreaks of rickettsialpox occured in several U.S cities, including Boston and Cleveland. About half of the cases occured in New York. To date, most cases have occurred in large metropolitan areas of the northeastern United State. Recently cases of rickettsialpox have been reported in Ukraine and Croatia. Rickettsia akari is transmitted among house mice and to humans by the house mouse mite Liponyssoides sanguineus but isolations have also been made from Korean voles in an area where rickettsialpox has not been reported. The first symptom of rickettsialpox is a papule which appears at the site of the original bite. The papule develops a tiny, fluid-filled vesicle. The vesicle sloughs away, leaving a crusty black scab (eschar) in its place. In about a week, the patient develops a fever, chills, heavy sweating, headache, eye pain (especially when exposed to light), weakness, and achy muscles. The fever rises and falls over the course of about a weak. A bumpy rash spreads across the body. (EBI Integr8)
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Bacteria
Phylum:Proteobacteria
Class:Alphaproteobacteria
Order:Rickettsiales
Family:Rickettsiaceae
Genus:Rickettsia
Species:akari
Strain Hartford
Complete Yes
Sequencing centre (01-AUG-2000) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
(27-SEP-2007) Neurogenomics Research Lab, University of Iowa, 200 B EMRB, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Sequencing quality Level 6: Finished
Sequencing depth NA
Sequencing method Sanger
Isolation site NA
Isolation country NA
Number of replicons 1
Gram staining properties Negative
Shape Bacilli
Mobility No
Flagellar presence No
Number of membranes 2
Oxygen requirements Aerobic
Optimal temperature NA
Temperature range Mesophilic
Habitat HostAssociated
Biotic relationship Symbiotic
Host name Homo sapiens
Cell arrangement NA
Sporulation Nonsporulating
Metabolism NA
Energy source NA
Diseases Rickettsialpox
Pathogenicity Yes