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Species Ehrlichia japonica
Name: Ehrlichia japonica Lin et al. 2022
Etymology: ja.po’ni.ca. N.L. fem. adj. japonica, from Japan
Pronunciation, gender: ja-PO-ni-ka, feminine
Type strain: CRIRC EJA001; CSUR Q1926; HF; NR-46450
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
CP007474
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Lin M, Xiong Q, Chung M, Daugherty SC, Nagaraj S, Sengamalay N, Ott S, Godinez A, Tallon LJ, Sadzewicz L, et al. Comparative Analysis of Genome of Ehrlichia sp. HF, a Model Bacterium to Study Fatal Human Ehrlichiosis. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:11. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 206. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5422.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 4 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Ehrlichia Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Lin M, Xiong Q, Chung M, Daugherty SC, Nagaraj S, Sengamalay N, Ott S, Godinez A, Tallon LJ, Sadzewicz L, et al. Comparative Analysis of Genome of Ehrlichia sp. HF, a Model Bacterium to Study Fatal Human Ehrlichiosis. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:11.
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Record number: 29562
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