Name: Anaplasma centrale (ex Theiler 1911) Ristic and Kreier 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: cen.tra’le. L. neut. adj. centrale, in the middle, central, referring to the location of the organism within erythrocytes

Pronunciation, gender: ken-TRA-le, neuter

Type strain: no culture isolated

Effective publication: Ristic M, Kreier JP. Genus Anaplasma. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 720-722.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Anaplasma marginale subsp. centrale" (Ristic and Kreier 1984 ex Theiler 1911) Ueti et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank

• Emendations:
  • Khumalo et al. 2018 Khumalo ZTH, Brayton KA, Collins NE, Chaisi ME, Quan M, Oosthuizen MC. Evidence confirming the phylogenetic position of Anaplasma centrale (ex Theiler 1911) Ristic and Kreier 1984. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2682-2691. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3394-3396.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 131 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type. Obligate intracellular parasit. No formal proposal made for strain Israel as a type strain.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • 🧍 Since 1984, several strains have been isolated. According to Dumler et al. the type strain of Anaplasma centrale is the strain Israel. Publication: Dumler JS, Rikihisa Y, Dasch GA. Genus I. Anaplasma Theiler 1910, 7AL emend. Dumler, Barbet, Bekker, Dasch, Palmer, Ray, Rikihisa and Rurangirwa 2001, 2157. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 117-125.

Parent taxon: Anaplasma Theiler 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ristic M, Kreier JP. Genus Anaplasma. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 720-722.

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