Genus Rochalimaea
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Rochalimaea (Macchiavello 1947) Krieg 1961, genus.
Type species: ¤ Rochalimaea quintana (Schmincke 1917) Krieg 1961 (Approved Lists 1980).
Synonym: "Rocha-Limae" (sic) Machiavello 1947.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Rochalimaea, named for H. da Rocha-Lima, one of the early investigators of the etiology of rickettsial diseases.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: 1 MACCHIAVELLO (A.): Notes on the taxonomy of the rickettsias and the classification of the rickettsioses. Prima Reunione Interamericana del Tifo, Mexico, 1947, pp. 405-426. 2 KRIEG (A.): Grundlagen der Insektenpathologie. Viren-, Rickettsien- und Bakterien- Infektionen. Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff, Verlag, Darmstadt, 1961.
Note: On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), "Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff" is erroneously cited as "Dr. Dietrich Steinkofpp (sic)".
→ ¤ Bartonella Strong et al. 1915 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Brenner et al. 1993.
Note: Brenner et al. 1993 propose to transfer ¤ Rochalimaea quintana (Schmincke 1917) Krieg 1961 (Approved Lists 1980), the type species of the genus Rochalimaea, to the genus ¤ Bartonella as ¤ Bartonella quintana (Schmincke 1917) Brenner et al. 1993, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Rochalimaea to ¤ Bartonella.
Reference: BRENNER (D.J.), O'CONNOR (S.P.), WINKLER (H.H.) and STEIGERWALT (A.G.): Proposals to unify the genera Bartonella and Rochalimaea, with descriptions of Bartonella quintana comb. nov., Bartonella vinsonii comb. nov., Bartonella henselae comb. nov., and Bartonella elizabethae comb. nov., and to remove the family Bartonellaceae from the order Rickettsiales. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 777-786.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rochalimaea elizabethae Daly et al. 1993, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) F9251 = B91-002005 = ATCC 49927= CCUG 30455 = CIP 103761.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: L01260.
Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. elizabethae, of Elizabeth, named after St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton, Massachusetts, where the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 46. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 624-625.
Effective publication: DALY (J.S.), WORTHINGTON (M.G.), BRENNER (D.J.), MOSS (C.W.), HOLLIS (D.G.), WEYANT (R.S.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.), WEAVER (R.E.), DANESHVAR (M.I.) and O'CONNOR (S.P.): Rochalimaea elizabethae sp. nov. isolated from a patient with endocarditis. J. Clin. Microbiol., 1993, 31, 872-881.
Validation List no. 46 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: The specific epithet is a noun in the genitive case, not an adjective as cited in the paper by Daly et al.
→ ¤ Bartonella elizabethae (Daly et al. 1993) Brenner et al. 1993, comb. nov.
Rochalimaea henselae Regnery et al. 1992, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Houston-1 = G5436 = ATCC 49882= CCUG 30454 = CIP 103737.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: BX897699.
Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. henselae, of Hensel, named in honor of Diane M. Hensel, who isolated many of the original strains detected in bacteremic patients from Oklahoma.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 42. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 511.
Effective publication: REGNERY (R.L.), ANDERSON (B.E.), CLARRIDGE III (J.E.), RODRIGUEZ-BARRADAS (M.C.), JONES (D.C.) and CARR (J.H.): Characterization of a novel Rochalimaea species, R. henselae sp. nov., isolated from blood of a febrile, human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient. J. Clin. Microbiol., 1992, 30, 265-274.
Validation List no. 42 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ ¤ Bartonella henselae (Regnery et al. 1992) Brenner et al. 1993, comb. nov.
Rochalimaea quintana (Schmincke 1917) Krieg 1961, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Fuller = ATCC VR-358 = ATCC VR-358 = CIP 107027.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M73228.
Synonyms: "Rickettsia quintana" Schmincke 1917, "Rickettsia pediculi" Munk and da Rocha-Lima 1917, "Rickettsia wolhynica" Jungmann and Kuczynski 1918, "Rickettsia weigli" Mosing 1936, "Burnetia (Rocha-limae) wolhynica" Macchiavello 1947, "Wolhynia qintanae" (sic) Zhdanov and Korenblit 1950.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. quintana, of or belonging to the fifth, referring to 5-day fever and the clinical disease produced by the species.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: 1 SCHMINCKE (A.): Histopathologischer Befund in Roseolen der Haut bei wolhynischem Fieber. Münchener Medizinische Wochenschrift, 1917, 64, 961. 2 KRIEG (A.): Grundlagen der Insektenpathologie. Viren-, Rickettsien- und Bakterien- Infektionen. Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff, Verlag, Darmstadt, 1961.
Note: On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), "Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff" is erroneously cited as "Dr. Dietrich Steinkofpp (sic)".
Notes:
1 In the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, the type strain is erroneously cited as ATCC VR 358 (without dash).
2 The type strain ATCC VR-986 is deaccessioned.
Reference: TANG (J.): Personal communication (November 06, 2001).
→ ¤ Bartonella quintana (Schmincke 1917) Brenner et al. 1993, comb. nov.
Rochalimaea vinsonii Weiss and Dasch 1982, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Baker = ATCC VR-152 = CCUG 30453 = CIP 103738.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: L01259.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. vinsonii, of Vinson, named in honor of J.William Vinson who, with Henry S. Fuller, originally demonstrated that Rochalimaea vinsonii (Bartonella vinsonii subsp. vinsonii) could be grown on blood agar.
Valid publication: WEISS (E.) and DASCH (G.A.): Differential characteristics of strains of Rochalimaea: Rochalimaea vinsonii sp. nov., the Canadian vole agent. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1982, 32, 305-314.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Bartonella vinsonii (Weiss and Dasch 1982) Brenner et al. 1993, comb. nov.
→ ¤ Bartonella vinsonii (Weiss and Dasch 1982) Brenner et al. 1993 emend. Kordick et al. 1996.
→ ¤ Bartonella vinsonii subsp. vinsonii (Weiss and Dasch 1982) Brenner et al. 1993, subsp. nov.