Name: "Dermacentroxenus typhi" Wolbach and Todd 1920

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ty.phi. Gr. masc. n. tŷphos, name of four kinds of fever, one of which is accompanied by stuport; L. gen. masc. n. typhi, of typhus

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC VR-144; Wilmington

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16S rRNA gene: U12463 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Wolbach SB, Todd JL. Note sur l'étiologie et l'anatomie pathologique du typhus exanthématique au Mexique. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1920; 34:153-158.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Rickettsia typhi (Wolbach and Todd 1920) Philip 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 3

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rickettsia typhi (Wolbach and Todd 1920) Philip 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human and 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 = 3, note = "Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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.

Parent taxon: "Dermacentroxenus" Wolbach 1919

Assigned by: Wolbach SB, Todd JL. Note sur l'étiologie et l'anatomie pathologique du typhus exanthématique au Mexique. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1920; 34:153-158.

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Record number: 4270