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

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

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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

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.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 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.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Ehrlichiaceae Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Anaplasma bovis (ex Donatien and Lestoquard 1936) Dumler et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Anaplasma caudatum (ex Kreier and Ristic 1963) Ristic and Kreier 1984	validly published	correct name
    Anaplasma centrale (ex Theiler 1911) Ristic and Kreier 1984	validly published	correct name
    Anaplasma marginale Theiler 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    "Anaplasma odocoilei" Tate et al. 2013	not validly published
    Anaplasma ovis Lestoquard 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Anaplasma phagocytophila (sic) (Foggie 1949) Dumler et al. 2001	misspelling	synonym
    Anaplasma phagocytophilum corrig. (Foggie 1949) Dumler et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Anaplasma platys Dumler et al. 2001	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Anaplasmataceae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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.

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