Orientia

Orientia
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Orientia
Species

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Orientia is a genus of bacteria in family Rickettsiaceae.

They are obligate intracellular gram negative bacteria found in insects and mammals. They are spread through the bites or feces of infected insects.

The genus comprises the species Orientia tsutsugamushi and Orientia chuto, which both cause scrub typhus in humans.[1][2][3]

Species

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