Name: Ehrlichia canis (Donatien and Lestoquard 1935) Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Rickettsia canis" Donatien and Lestoquard 1935

Etymology: ca’nis. L. gen. masc./fem. n. canis, of the dog

Pronunciation, gender: KA-nis, feminine

Type strain: no culture isolated; Oklahoma

16S rRNA gene: M73221 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Moshkovski SD. Cytotropic inducers of infection and the classification of the Rickettsiae with Chlamydozoa (in Russian, English summary). Advances in Modern Biology (Moscow) 1945; 19:1-44.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Rickettsia canis" Donatien and Lestoquard 1935	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Emendations:
  • Dumler et al. 2001 Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CP, Dasch GA, Palmer GH, Ray SC, Rikihisa Y, Rurangirwa FR. Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2145-2165. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:5-6.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ehrlichia Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Moshkovski SD. Cytotropic inducers of infection and the classification of the Rickettsiae with Chlamydozoa (in Russian, English summary). Advances in Modern Biology (Moscow) 1945; 19:1-44.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1218 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 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.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • 🧍 Several strains have been isolated since the Approved Lists 1980. According to Rule 18f, Dumler et al. 2001 designated the strain Oklahoma as the type strain of this species (see below). Publication: Moshkovski SD. Cytotropic inducers of infection and the classification of the Rickettsiae with Chlamydozoa (in Russian, English summary). Advances in Modern Biology (Moscow) 1945; 19:1-44.

Parent taxon: Ehrlichia Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Moshkovski SD. Cytotropic inducers of infection and the classification of the Rickettsiae with Chlamydozoa (in Russian, English summary). Advances in Modern Biology (Moscow) 1945; 19:1-44.

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