Name: "Candidatus Coxiella cheracis" corrig. Elliman and Owens 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: che.ra’cis. N.L. gen. masc. n. cheracis, of the crayfish genus Cherax

Gender: feminine

Type strain: TO-98

16S rRNA gene: EF413063 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Ruth Elliman J, Owens L. Confirmation that candidatus Coxiella cheraxi from redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) is a close relative of Coxiella burnetii, the agent of Q-fever. Lett Appl Microbiol 2020; 71:320-326.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Coxiella cheraxi" Elliman and Owens 2020	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    "Coxiella cheraxi" Tan and Owens 2000	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Parent taxon: Coxiella (Philip 1943) Philip 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ruth Elliman J, Owens L. Confirmation that candidatus Coxiella cheraxi from redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) is a close relative of Coxiella burnetii, the agent of Q-fever. Lett Appl Microbiol 2020; 71:320-326.

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Record number: 28572