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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Bartonella rattimassiliensis"

Name: "Bartonella rattimassiliensis" Gundi et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rat.ti.mas.si.li.en’sis. N.L. gen. masc. n. ratti, for rattus, rat; N.L. fem. adj. rattimassiliensis, referring to Massilia, Latin name of Marseille, where the rats were trappe

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … rat-ti-mas-si-li-EN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: 15908; CIP 107705

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16S rRNA gene: AY515120 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Gundi VA, Davoust B, Khamis A, Boni M, Raoult D, La Scola B. Isolation of Bartonella rattimassiliensis sp. nov. and Bartonella phoceensis sp. nov. from European Rattus norvegicus. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:3816-3818. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Bartonella Strong et al. 1915 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gundi VA, Davoust B, Khamis A, Boni M, Raoult D, La Scola B. Isolation of Bartonella rattimassiliensis sp. nov. and Bartonella phoceensis sp. nov. from European Rattus norvegicus. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:3816-3818. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 800922
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