Name: Anaplasma Theiler 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. pref. an-, without; Gr. neut. n. plasma, anything formed or molded, image, figure; N.L. neut. n. Anaplasma, a thing (a bacterium) without form

Gender: neuter (stem: Anaplasmat-)

Type species: Anaplasma marginale Theiler 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Theiler A. Anaplasma marginale (gen. and spec. nov.). The marginal points in the blood of cattle suffering from a specific disease. Report to the Government, Transvaal, South Africa. Veterinary Bacteriology, Department of Agriculture 1908-9. Department of Agriculture?, Pretoria?, 1910.

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

• Emendations:
  • Dumler et al. 2001 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. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:5-6.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Anaplasmataceae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Philip CB. Family IV. Anaplasmataceae Philip, Fam. Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 980-984.
  • Philip (1957) assigned this genus to the family Anaplasmataceae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Philip CB. Family IV. Anaplasmataceae Philip, Fam. Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 980-984.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Anaplasmais"; "Annplasma"; "Anoplasma".
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ANPL" 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 23

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Anaplasma africae" Dahmani et al. 2019	not validly published
    "Candidatus Anaplasma amazonensis" Calchi et al. 2020	not validly published
    "Candidatus Anaplasma boleense" Guo et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Anaplasma bovis" (ex Donatien and Lestoquard 1936) Dumler et al. 2001	not validly published
    "Candidatus Anaplasma cameli" Ait Lbacha et al. 2017	not validly published
    "Candidatus Anaplasma camelii" Bastos et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling
    "Anaplasma capra" Li et al. 2015	not validly published
    Anaplasma caudatum (ex Kreier and Ristic 1963) Ristic and Kreier 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Anaplasma centrale (ex Theiler 1911) Ristic and Kreier 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Anaplasma corsicanum" Dahmani et al. 2017	not validly published
    "Candidatus Anaplasma ivorense" corrig. Ehounoud et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Candidatus Anaplasma ivorensis" Ehounoud et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling
    Anaplasma marginale Theiler 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Anaplasma mediterraneum" Dahmani et al. 2017	not validly published
    "Anaplasma odocoilei" Tate et al. 2013	not validly published
    Anaplasma ovis Lestoquard 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Anaplasma pangolinii" Koh et al. 2016	not validly published
    Anaplasma phagocytophila (Foggie 1949) Dumler et al. 2001	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Anaplasma phagocytophilum corrig. (Foggie 1949) Dumler et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Anaplasma platys" Dumler et al. 2001	not validly published
    "Candidatus Anaplasma rodmosense" Guo et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Candidatus Anaplasma sphenisci" Vanstreels et al. 2018	not validly published
    "Candidatus Anaplasma testudinis" Crosby et al. 2021	not validly published

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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