Rickettsia hoogstraalii Croatica is a mesophilic, Gram-negative, ovoid-shaped prokaryote that was isolated from Haemaphysalis sulcata ticks.
Gram-negative ovoid-shaped mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Pseudomonadota |
| Class Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order Rickettsiales |
| Family Rickettsiaceae |
| Genus Rickettsia |
| Species Rickettsia hoogstraalii |
| Full scientific name Rickettsia hoogstraalii Duh et al. 2010 |
| Synonyms (1) |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16225 | VERO B4 MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1198) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: Vero B4 Medium (DSMZ Medium 1198) Composition: Aminoacids Fetal bovine serum IMDM-Medium |
| @ref | Sample type | Host species | Country | Country ISO 3 Code | Continent | Latitude | Longitude | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16225 | Haemaphysalis sulcata ticks | Haemaphysalis sulcata | Croatia | HRV | Europe | 45.8 | 15.95 |
Global distribution of 16S sequence HE654002 (>99% sequence identity) for Rickettsia from Microbeatlas 
 Aquatic Samples |
1126 |
 Soil Samples |
494 |
 Animal Samples |
2180 |
 Plant Samples |
561 |
| Total Samples | 4361 |
| @ref | Description | Assembly level | INSDC accession | BV-BRC accession | IMG accession | NCBI tax ID | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66792 | Rickettsia hoogstraalii Croatica assembly for Rickettsia hoogstraalii Croatica | contig | GCA_000825685   | 467174.5  | 2639762805  | 467174 | 78.86 |  |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detection of Rickettsia-Infected Argas (Persicargas) giganteus on Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) from the Northeastern USA. | Yabsley MJ, Thompson AT, Friedeman N, Richmond KC, Gereg I, Chinnici NL, Koon Koon DS, Jones HH, Howey-Newcomb A, Miller EA. | J Wildl Dis | 10.7589/jwd-d-25-00036 | 2025 | | |
| Tick-borne agents in the fowl tick Argas persicus from northwest and northeast China. | Tian J, Liu J, Li K, Zhong L, Lu M, Jiang H, Jie R, Wang X, Zhang B. | Parasit Vectors | 10.1186/s13071-025-06750-x | 2025 | | |
| Study of tick-borne zoonotic pathogens in questing and feeding ticks in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. | Abreu-Yanes E, Abreu-Acosta N, Foronda P. | J Vector Ecol | 10.52707/1081-1710-48.1.59 | 2023 | | |
| Molecular Detection of Rickettsia hoogstraalii in Hyalomma anatolicum and Haemaphysalis sulcata: Updated Knowledge on the Epidemiology of Tick-Borne Rickettsia hoogstraalii. | Aneela A, Almutairi MM, Alouffi A, Ahmed H, Tanaka T, da Silva Vaz I, Chang SC, Chen CC, Ali A. | Vet Sci | 10.3390/vetsci10100605 | 2023 | | |
| GC Content in Nuclear-Encoded Genes and Effective Number of Codons (ENC) Are Positively Correlated in AT-Rich Species and Negatively Correlated in GC-Rich Species. | Ruden DM. | Genes (Basel) | 10.3390/genes16040432 | 2025 | | |
| Comprehensive screening of tick-borne microorganisms indicates that a great variety of pathogens are circulating between hard ticks (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae) and domestic ruminants in natural foci of Anatolia. | Orkun O. | Ticks Tick Borne Dis | 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102027 | 2022 | | |
| Tick Diversity and Distribution of Pathogen in Ticks Collected from Wild Animals and Vegetation in Africa. | Yessinou RE, Koumassou A, Galadima HB, Nanoukon-Ahigan H, Farougou S, Pfeffer M. | Pathogens | 10.3390/pathogens14020116 | 2025 | | |
| Microbiome analysis of the midguts of different developmental stages of Argas persicus in China. | Duan DY, Liu YK, Liu L, Liu GH, Cheng TY. | Ticks Tick Borne Dis | 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101868 | 2022 | | |
| Enzymology | Screening of tick-borne pathogens in argasid ticks in Zambia: Expansion of the geographic distribution of Rickettsia lusitaniae and Rickettsia hoogstraalii and detection of putative novel Anaplasma species. | Qiu Y, Simuunza M, Kajihara M, Chambaro H, Harima H, Eto Y, Simulundu E, Squarre D, Torii S, Takada A, Hang'ombe BM, Sawa H, Sugimoto C, Nakao R. | Ticks Tick Borne Dis | 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101720 | 2021 | |
| Enzymology | Rickettsia hoogstraalii and a Rickettsiella from the Bat Tick Argas transgariepinus, in Namibia. | Reeves WK, Mans BJ, Durden LA, Miller MM, Gratton EM, Laverty TM. | J Parasitol | 10.1645/20-46 | 2020 | |
| Coinfection of Two Rickettsia Species in a Single Tick Species Provides New Insight into Rickettsia-Rickettsia and Rickettsia-Vector Interactions. | Pan YS, Cui XM, Du LF, Xia LY, Du CH, Bell-Sakyi L, Zhang MZ, Zhu DY, Dong Y, Wei W, Zhao L, Sun Y, Lv QY, Ye RZ, He ZH, Wang Q, Li LJ, Yao MG, Xiong T, Jiang JF, Cao WC, Jia N. | Microbiol Spectr | 10.1128/spectrum.02323-22 | 2022 | | |
| Rickettsiaceae in two reptile-associated tick species, Amblyomma exornatum and Africaniella transversale: First evidence of Occidentia massiliensis in hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae). | Hornok S, Kontschan J, Takacs N, Chaber AL, Halajian A, Szekeres S, Sandor AD, Plantard O. | Ticks Tick Borne Dis | 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101830 | 2022 | | |
| Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia spp. Diversity in Ticks and the First Report of Rickettsia hoogstraalii in Romania. | Ivan T, Matei IA, Novac CS, Kalmar Z, Borsan SD, Panait LC, Gherman CM, Ionica AM, Papuc I, Mihalca AD. | Vet Sci | 10.3390/vetsci9070343 | 2022 | | |
| Phylogeny | Identification of tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from wild animals in Turkey. | Orkun O, Emir H. | Parasitol Res | 10.1007/s00436-020-06812-2 | 2020 | |
| Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from the wild mountain ungulates mouflon and chamois in 4 regions of France. | Habib J, Zenner L, Garel M, Mercier A, Poirel MT, Itty C, Appolinaire J, Amblard T, Benedetti P, Sanchis F, Benabed S, Abi Rizk G, Gibert P, Bourgoin G. | Parasite | 10.1051/parasite/2024011 | 2024 | | |
| Phylogenetic Position of Haemaphysalis kashmirensis and Haemaphysalis cornupunctata, with Notes on Rickettsia spp. | Khan SM, Khan M, Alouffi A, Almutairi MM, Numan M, Ullah S, Obaid MK, Islam ZU, Ahmed H, Tanaka T, Ali A. | Genes (Basel) | 10.3390/genes14020360 | 2023 | | |
| Enzymology | ARGAS (PERSICARGAS) GIGANTEUS SOFT TICK INFECTION WITH RICKETTSIA HOOGSTRAALI AND RELAPSING FEVER BORRELIA ON WILD AVIAN SPECIES OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST, USA. | Latas P, Auckland LD, Teel PD, Hamer SA. | J Wildl Dis | 10.7589/2018-11-275 | 2020 | |
| Enzymology | Identification and distribution of nine tick-borne spotted fever group Rickettsiae in the Country of Georgia. | Sukhiashvili R, Zhgenti E, Khmaladze E, Burjanadze I, Imnadze P, Jiang J, St John H, Farris CM, Gallagher T, Obiso RJ, Richards AL. | Ticks Tick Borne Dis | 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101470 | 2020 | |
| Molecular epidemiology and phylogeny of Anaplasma species in goats from Pakistan | Sumaira S, Rehman M, Hussain A, Mehmood R, Ashraf N, Giantsis I, Umer W, Ayesha A, Ullah S, Khan A, Ben Said M, Iqbal F, Swelum A. | PLoS One | 2025 | | ||
| Molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of Anaplasma and Theileria spp. in Pakistani sheep. | Shahzadi W, Akbar M, Ijaz A, Hussain A, Shabbir U, Giantsis IA, Ullah S, AlGaradi MA, Khan A, Iqbal F, Swelum AA. | PLoS One | 10.1371/journal.pone.0328364 | 2025 | | |
| Rickettsia rickettsii RoaM negatively regulates expression of a limited number of rickettsial genes. | Nock AM, Clark TR, Anzick SL, Meyer EA, Miller R, Holbrook MG, Ricklefs S, Martens C, Lack J, Hackstadt T. | mSphere | 10.1128/msphere.00077-25 | 2025 | | |
| Phylogeny | Investigation of Hyalomma turanicum and Hyalomma asiaticum in Pakistan, with notes on the detection of tickborne Rickettsiales. | Ullah Z, Liaqat I, Khan M, Alouffi A, Almutairi MM, Apanaskevich DA, Tanaka T, Ali A. | Front Vet Sci | 10.3389/fvets.2024.1500930 | 2024 | |
| Duplex Reverse-Transcription Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Targeting 23S rRNA Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms for the Detection of Flea-Borne Rickettsioses. | Probert WS, Quintana AC, Kjemtrup AM, Hacker JK. | Am J Trop Med Hyg | 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0884 | 2024 | | |
| Phylogeny | Detection of Rickettsia hoogstraalii, Rickettsia helvetica, Rickettsia massiliae, Rickettsia slovaca and Rickettsia aeschlimannii in ticks from Sardinia, Italy. | Chisu V, Leulmi H, Masala G, Piredda M, Foxi C, Parola P. | Ticks Tick Borne Dis | 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.12.007 | 2017 | |
| Pathogenicity | First records of Secretargas transgariepinus (Argasidae) in Libya and Jordan: corrections of collection records and detection of microorganisms. | Sevcik M, Spitalska E, Maliterna M, Kabat P, Benda P. | Parasitol Res | 10.1007/s00436-024-08239-5 | 2024 | |
| Pathogenicity | Ticks of Delaware revisited: an updated checklist of hard ticks (Ixodidae) and first records of soft ticks (Argasidae) in the First State. | Kennedy AC, Redus S, Winter WS, Newcomer JR, Egizi AM, Fonseca DM, Occi JL, Robbins RG. | J Med Entomol | 10.1093/jme/tjaf029 | 2025 | |
| New Real-Time PCRs to Differentiate Rickettsia spp. and Rickettsia conorii. | Blanda V, D'Agostino R, Giudice E, Randazzo K, La Russa F, Villari S, Vullo S, Torina A. | Molecules | 10.3390/molecules25194431 | 2020 | | |
| Genetics | Mitochondrial genome characterization of a Reticulinasus sp. (Argasidae: Ornithodorinae) parasitizing bats in Thailand. | Tuangpermsub S, Arnuphapprasert A, Riana E, Ngamprasertwong T, Kaewthamasorn M. | Parasit Vectors | 10.1186/s13071-025-06697-z | 2025 | |
| Phylogeny | First Molecular-Based Confirmation of Dermacentor marginatus and Associated Rickettsia raoultii and Anaplasma marginale in the Hindu Kush Mountain Range. | Ahmad I, Ullah S, Alouffi A, Almutairi MM, Numan M, Tanaka T, Chang SC, Chen CC, Ali A. | Animals (Basel) | 10.3390/ani13233686 | 2023 | |
| Molecular detection of Anaplasma bovis, Candidatus Anaplasma boleense and Rickettsia spp. in ticks infesting small ruminants. | Khan Z, Ullah F, Ullah S, Ibrahim M, Khan M, Rehman G, Tanaka T, Almutairi MM, Alouffi A, Ali A. | BMC Vet Res | 10.1186/s12917-024-04259-6 | 2024 | | |
| Molecular detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks removed from humans in Turkey. | Keskin A, Bursali A, Keskin A, Tekin S. | Ticks Tick Borne Dis | 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.04.015 | 2016 | | |
| One Health Approach to Rickettsiosis: A Five-Year Study on Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks Collected from Humans, Animals and Environment. | Pascucci I, Antognini E, Canonico C, Montalbano MG, Necci A, di Donato A, Moriconi M, Morandi B, Morganti G, Crotti S, Gavaudan S. | Microorganisms | 10.3390/microorganisms10010035 | 2021 | | |
| Genetics | Molecular Evidence of a Broad Range of Pathogenic Bacteria in Ctenocephalides spp.: Should We Re-Examine the Role of Fleas in the Transmission of Pathogens? | Dougas G, Tsakris A, Beleri S, Patsoula E, Linou M, Billinis C, Papaparaskevas J. | Trop Med Infect Dis | 10.3390/tropicalmed6010037 | 2021 | |
| Phylogeny | Candidatus Rickettsia hoogstraalii in Ethiopian Argas persicus ticks. | Pader V, Nikitorowicz Buniak J, Abdissa A, Adamu H, Tolosa T, Gashaw A, Cutler RR, Cutler SJ. | Ticks Tick Borne Dis | 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.021 | 2012 | |
| Genotyping of ticks: first molecular report of Hyalomma asiaticum and molecular detection of tick-borne bacteria in ticks and blood from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. | Obaid MK, Shehla S, Guan G, Rashid M, Shams S. | Front Cell Infect Microbiol | 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1346595 | 2024 | | |
| Enzymology | Ticks and associated pathogens in dogs from Greece. | Latrofa MS, Angelou A, Giannelli A, Annoscia G, Ravagnan S, Dantas-Torres F, Capelli G, Halos L, Beugnet F, Papadopoulos E, Otranto D. | Parasit Vectors | 10.1186/s13071-017-2225-2 | 2017 | |
| Enzymology | Identification of tick-borne pathogens in ticks feeding on humans in Turkey. | Orkun O, Karaer Z, Cakmak A, Nalbantoglu S. | PLoS Negl Trop Dis | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003067 | 2014 | |
| Enzymology | A cross-sectional screening by next-generation sequencing reveals Rickettsia, Coxiella, Francisella, Borrelia, Babesia, Theileria and Hemolivia species in ticks from Anatolia. | Brinkmann A, Hekimoglu O, Dincer E, Hagedorn P, Nitsche A, Ergunay K. | Parasit Vectors | 10.1186/s13071-018-3277-7 | 2019 | |
| Parasites of poultry in Nigeria from 1980 to 2022: a review. | Midala CA, Kyari F, Thekisoe O, Onyiche TE. | J Parasit Dis | 10.1007/s12639-025-01792-5 | 2025 | | |
| Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) ticks associated with a Rickettsia sp. in Pakistan. | Ali A, Numan M, Khan M, Aiman O, Munoz-Leal S, Chitimia-Dobler L, Labruna MB, Nijhof AM. | Parasit Vectors | 10.1186/s13071-022-05248-0 | 2022 | | |
| Phylogeny | Spotted fever group Rickettsiae in ticks in Cyprus. | Chochlakis D, Ioannou I, Sandalakis V, Dimitriou T, Kassinis N, Papadopoulos B, Tselentis Y, Psaroulaki A. | Microb Ecol | 10.1007/s00248-011-9926-4 | 2012 | |
| Phylogeny | Molecular investigations of cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) provide the first evidence of Rickettsia felis in Malta and Candidatus Rickettsia senegalensis in Israel. | Hornok S, Baneth G, Grima A, Takacs N, Kontschan J, Meli ML, Suter V, Salant H, Farkas R, Hofmann-Lehmann R. | New Microbes New Infect | 10.1016/j.nmni.2018.05.001 | 2018 | |
| Candidatus 'Rickettsia senegalensis' in cat fleas in Senegal. | Mediannikov O, Aubadie-Ladrix M, Raoult D. | New Microbes New Infect | 10.1016/j.nmni.2014.10.005 | 2015 | | |
| Enzymology | Detection of Rickettsia spp. in Haemaphysalis ticks collected in La Rioja, Spain. | Portillo A, Santibanez P, Santibanez S, Perez-Martinez L, Oteo JA. | Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis | 10.1089/vbz.2007.0272 | 2008 | |
| Reptile vector-borne diseases of zoonotic concern. | Mendoza-Roldan JA, Mendoza-Roldan MA, Otranto D. | Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl | 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.04.007 | 2021 | | |
| Pathogenicity | Diversity of Rickettsia in Ticks Collected in Abruzzi and Molise Regions (Central Italy). | Pascucci I, Di Domenico M, Curini V, Cocco A, Averaimo D, D'Alterio N, Camma C. | Microorganisms | 10.3390/microorganisms7120696 | 2019 | |
| Enzymology | Rickettsia typhi in rodents and R. felis in fleas in Yucatán as a possible causal agent of undefined febrile cases. | Peniche-Lara G, Dzul-Rosado K, Perez-Osorio C, Zavala-Castro J. | Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo | 10.1590/s0036-46652015000200005 | 2015 | |
| Wide dispersal and possible multiple origins of low-copy-number plasmids in rickettsia species associated with blood-feeding arthropods. | Baldridge GD, Burkhardt NY, Labruna MB, Pacheco RC, Paddock CD, Williamson PC, Billingsley PM, Felsheim RF, Kurtti TJ, Munderloh UG. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.02988-09 | 2010 | | |
| Enzymology | Detection of Rickettsia and Ehrlichia spp. in Ticks Associated with Exotic Reptiles and Amphibians Imported into Japan. | Andoh M, Sakata A, Takano A, Kawabata H, Fujita H, Une Y, Goka K, Kishimoto T, Ando S. | PLoS One | 10.1371/journal.pone.0133700 | 2015 | |
| Bacterial and protozoal pathogens found in ticks collected from humans in Corum province of Turkey. | Karasartova D, Gureser AS, Gokce T, Celebi B, Yapar D, Keskin A, Celik S, Ece Y, Erenler AK, Usluca S, Mumcuoglu KY, Taylan-Ozkan A. | PLoS Negl Trop Dis | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006395 | 2018 | | |
| Enzymology | Isolation of known and potentially pathogenic tick-borne microorganisms from European ixodid ticks using tick cell lines. | Palomar AM, Premchand-Branker S, Alberdi P, Belova OA, Moniuszko-Malinowska A, Kahl O, Bell-Sakyi L. | Ticks Tick Borne Dis | 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.02.008 | 2019 | |
| Genetics | Using Core Genome Alignments To Assign Bacterial Species. | Chung M, Munro JB, Tettelin H, Dunning Hotopp JC. | mSystems | 10.1128/msystems.00236-18 | 2018 | |
| Detection and identification of putative bacterial endosymbionts and endogenous viruses in tick cell lines. | Alberdi MP, Dalby MJ, Dalby MJ, Rodriguez-Andres J, Fazakerley JK, Kohl A, Bell-Sakyi L. | Ticks Tick Borne Dis | 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.05.002 | 2012 | | |
| GFPuv-Expressing Recombinant Rickettsia typhi: a Useful Tool for the Study of Pathogenesis and CD8+ T Cell Immunology in R. typhi Infection. | Hauptmann M, Burkhardt N, Munderloh U, Kuehl S, Richardt U, Krasemann S, Hartmann K, Krech T, Fleischer B, Keller C, Osterloh A. | Infect Immun | 10.1128/iai.00156-17 | 2017 | | |
| Enzymology | Spotted fever Rickettsia species in Hyalomma and Ixodes ticks infesting migratory birds in the European Mediterranean area. | Wallmenius K, Barboutis C, Fransson T, Jaenson TG, Lindgren PE, Nystrom F, Olsen B, Salaneck E, Nilsson K. | Parasit Vectors | 10.1186/1756-3305-7-318 | 2014 | |
| Genetics | Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. | Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. | Front Microbiol | 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468 | 2020 | |
| Genetics | Genome Sequence of Rickettsia hoogstraalii, a Geographically Widely Distributed Tick-Associated Bacterium. | Sentausa E, El Karkouri K, Nguyen TT, Caputo A, Raoult D, Fournier PE | Genome Announc | 10.1128/genomeA.01171-14 | 2014 | |
| Phylogeny | Rickettsia lusitaniae sp. nov. isolated from the soft tick Ornithodoros erraticus (Acarina: Argasidae). | Milhano N, Palma M, Marcili A, Nuncio MS, de Carvalho IL, de Sousa R. | Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis | 10.1016/j.cimid.2014.01.006 | 2014 | |
| Phylogeny | Rickettsia hoogstraalii sp. nov., isolated from hard- and soft-bodied ticks. | Duh D, Punda-Polic V, Avsic-Zupanc T, Bouyer D, Walker DH, Popov VL, Jelovsek M, Gracner M, Trilar T, Bradaric N, Kurtti TJ, Strus J | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | 10.1099/ijs.0.011049-0 | 2009 | |
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