Genus Wolbachia
Name: Wolbachia Hertig 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Wolbachia, named after S. Burt Wolbach, who described the rickettsial agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and, in collaboration with Marshall Hertig, studied the rickettsia-like microorganisms of insects
Type species: Wolbachia pipientis Hertig 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Original publication: Hertig M. The rickettsia, Wolbachia pipientis (gen. et sp. n.) and associated inclusions of the mosquito, Culex pipiens. Parasitology 1936; 28:453-486.
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
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Notes:
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Nomenclatural type of the tribe Wolbachieae Philip 1955 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Breed RS, Philip CB, Nellis L, Couch JN, Cleveland EM, Seeliger H, Morse EV, Clark FE, Starr MP, Pittman M. Symposium on taxonomy. Bacteriol Rev 1955; 19:270-274.
- Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Rickettsiaceae Pinkerton 1936 (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.
- Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the tribe Wolbachieae Philip 1955 (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.
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Nomenclatural type of the tribe Wolbachieae Philip 1955 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Breed RS, Philip CB, Nellis L, Couch JN, Cleveland EM, Seeliger H, Morse EV, Clark FE, Starr MP, Pittman M. Symposium on taxonomy. Bacteriol Rev 1955; 19:270-274.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 8
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Wolbachia bourtzisii" Ramirez-Puebla et al. 2015 not validly published "Candidatus Wolbachia brugii" Ramirez-Puebla et al. 2015 not validly published "Candidatus Wolbachia collembolicola" Ramirez-Puebla et al. 2015 not validly published Wolbachia melophagi (Nöller 1917) Philip 1956 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published correct name "Candidatus Wolbachia multihospitum" Ramirez-Puebla et al. 2015 not validly published "Candidatus Wolbachia onchocercicola" Ramirez-Puebla et al. 2015 not validly published Wolbachia persica Suitor and Weiss 1961 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published synonym Wolbachia pipientis Hertig 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published correct name
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Parent taxon: Anaplasmataceae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
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.
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