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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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".

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