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Species "Candidatus Bartonella washoensis"
Name: "Candidatus Bartonella washoensis" Breitschwerdt and Kordick 2000
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. washoensis
16S rRNA gene:
AF070463
Analyse
FASTA
Original publication:
Breitschwerdt EB, Kordick DL. Bartonella infection in animals: carriership, reservoir potential, pathogenicity, and zoonotic potential for human infection. Clin Microbiol Rev 2000; 13:428-438. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Bartonella washoensis subsp. brasiliensis" Calchi et al. 2020 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Bartonella washoensis subsp. cynomysi" corrig. Bai et al. 2008 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Bartonella washoensis subsp. cynomysii" Bai et al. 2008 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Candidatus Bartonella washoensis subsp. washoensis" (Breitschwerdt and Kordick 2000) Bai et al. 2008 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Bartonella Strong et al. 1915 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Breitschwerdt EB, Kordick DL. Bartonella infection in animals: carriership, reservoir potential, pathogenicity, and zoonotic potential for human infection. Clin Microbiol Rev 2000; 13:428-438. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 12240
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