Tags: Bacteria.
Diplorickettsia massiliensis species is an obligate intracellular gram negative bacterium isolated from Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Slovak republic forest geographically from southeastern part of Rovinka in 2006. They belong to the gammaproteobacteria class and are non endospore forming small rods usually grouped in pairs. The bacteria are non-motile and 16S rRNA rpoB parC and ftsY gene sequencing indicate that this bacterium is clearly different from all other recognized species.
