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Genus Aegyptianella
Name: Aegyptianella Carpano 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Ae.gyp.ti.a.nel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Aegyptianella, named after Egypt where the organism was described in 1929; from L. fem. n. Aegyptus
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Aegyptianell-), a͡e-gyp-ti-a-NEL-la
Type species: Aegyptianella pullorum Carpano 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Effective publication: Carpano M. Su di un Piroplasma osservato nei Polli in Egitto (Egyptianella pullorum). Bulletin of the Ministry of Agriculture Egypt 1929; 86:1-12.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Dumler et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Anaplasmataceae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CP, Dasch GA, Palmer GH, Ray SC, Rikihisa Y, Rurangirwa FR. Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2145-2165.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acgyptianella"; "Aegwtianella"; "Aegyprianella"; "Aegyptinella"; "Aegyptiunella"; "Mgyptianella".
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "AGTL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.
Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
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🧕 Dumler et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Anaplasmataceae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CP, Dasch GA, Palmer GH, Ray SC, Rikihisa Y, Rurangirwa FR. Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2145-2165.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 5
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Aegyptianella bacterifera" Barta et al. 1989 not validly published preferred name "Aegyptianella botuliformis" Huchzermeyer et al. 1992 not validly published preferred name "Aegyptianella minutus" Peirce 1999 not validly published preferred name Aegyptianella pullorum Carpano 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published under the ICNP correct name "Aegyptianella ranarum" Desser 1987 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Ehrlichiaceae Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
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Record number: 517166
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