Name: Neorickettsia Philip et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ne.o.ric.kett’si.a. Gr. masc. adj. neos, new (may keep -o); N.L. fem. n. Rickettsia, type genus of the family, Rickettisaceae; N.L. fem. n. Neorickettsia, the new Rickettsia

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Neorickettsi-), ne-o-rik-KETT-si-a

Type species: Neorickettsia helminthoeca Philip et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Philip CB, Hadlow WJ, Hughes LE. Neorickettsia helmintheca, a new rickettsia-like disease agent in dogs in western United States transmitted by a helminth. Riassunti della Communicazione VI Congresso Internazionale di Microbiologia, Roma 1953; 2:256-257.

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:
  • 🧕 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Philip (1962) assigned this genus to the tribe Ehrlichieae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Philip CB. Appendix G. Summary of tickborne rickettsioses. Report 2nd Meeting FAOIE Expert Panel on Tick-borne Diseases of Livestock, Cairo. United Nations, Rome, 1962.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ncorickcttsia"; "Nearickettsia"; "Necrickettsia"; "Neorickelzsia"; "Neorickettisa"; "Neorickettsta"; "Neoricktttsia"; "Neoriickettsia"; "Neorikettsia".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2; CSUR: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "NERK" 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Neorickettsia findlayensis Teymournejad et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Neorickettsia finleia" Teymournejad et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym
    Neorickettsia helminthoeca Philip et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Neorickettsia risticii" (Holland et al. 1985) Dumler et al. 2001	not validly published	synonym
    "Neorickettsia sennetsu" (Misao and Kobayashi 1956) Dumler et al. 2001	not validly published	synonym

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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