Name: Ehrlichia Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ehr.lich’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Ehrlichia, named after Paul Ehrlich, a German bacteriologist

Gender: feminine (stem: Ehrlichi-)

Type species: Ehrlichia canis (Donatien and Lestoquard 1935) Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Moshkovski SD. Cytotropic inducers of infection and the classification of the Rickettsiae with Chlamydozoa (in Russian, English summary). Advances in Modern Biology (Moscow) 1945; 19:1-44.

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cowdria Moshkovski 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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.
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Ehrlichiaceae Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Moshkovski SD. Cytotropic pathogenic infections and place of Rickettsia in the system of Chlamydozoa. Advances in Modern Biology (Moscow) 1945; 19:1-44.
  • Nomenclatural type of the tribe Ehrlichieae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Philip CB. Tribe II. Ehrlichieae Philip, Trib. 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. 933.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the tribe Ehrlichieae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 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.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Donatien A, Lestoquard F. Existence en Algérie d'une Rickettsia du chien. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique 1935; 28:418-419.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Ebrlichia"; "Ehclichia"; "Ehdichia"; "Ehrfichia"; "Ehrilchia"; "Ehrilichia"; "Ehrlicbia"; "Ehrlichina"; "Ehrlichiu"; "Ehrlichla"; "Ehrlichu"; "Ehrlichza"; "Ehrliclda"; "Ehrlirhia"; "Ekrlichia"; "Erhlichia"; "Erlichia"; "Whrlichia".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 4; DSM: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "EHRL" 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: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 32

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia andalusi" Remesar et al. 2022	not validly published
    Ehrlichia canis (Donatien and Lestoquard 1935) Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ehrlichia chaffeensis Anderson et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia corsicanum" Cicculli et al. 2020	not validly published
    Ehrlichia equi Lewis et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Ehrlichia ewingii Anderson et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia hainanensis" Zhao et al. 2021	not validly published
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia hydrochoerus" Vieira et al. 2022	not validly published
    Ehrlichia japonica Lin et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia khabarensis" Rar et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia khabarovskensis" corrig. Rar et al. 2015	not validly published
    Ehrlichia minasensis Cabezas-Cruz et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Ehrlichia mineirensis" Cruz et al. 2012	not validly published
    Ehrlichia muris Wen et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia occidentalis" Gofton et al. 2017	not validly published
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia ornithorhynchi" Gofton et al. 2018	not validly published
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia ovata" Lynn et al. 2019	not validly published
    "Ehrlichia ovina" Moshkovski 1945	not validly published
    "Ehrlichia ovlna" Moshkovski 1945	not validly published
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia pampeana" Félix et al. 2021	not validly published
    Ehrlichia phagocytophila (Foggie 1949) Philip 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Ehrlichia platys" French and Harvey 1983	not validly published
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia regneryi" Bastos et al. 2015	not validly published
    Ehrlichia risticii Holland et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ehrlichia ruminantium (Cowdry 1925) Dumler et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia rustica" Ehounoud et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia senegalensis" Dahmana et al. 2020	not validly published
    Ehrlichia sennetsu (Misao and Kobayashi 1956) Ristic and Huxsoll 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia shimanensis" Kawahara et al. 2006	not validly published
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia urmitei" Ehounoud et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia walkeri" corrig. Brouqui et al. 2003	not validly published
    "Candidatus Ehrlichia walkerii" Brouqui et al. 2003	inaccurate spelling

Parent taxon: Ehrlichiaceae Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Moshkovski SD. Cytotropic inducers of infection and the classification of the Rickettsiae with Chlamydozoa (in Russian, English summary). Advances in Modern Biology (Moscow) 1945; 19:1-44.

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