Name: Ehrlichia japonica Lin et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.po’ni.ca. N.L. fem. adj. japonica, from Japan

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ehr-LI-khi-a ja-PO-ni-ka, feminine

Type strain: CRIRC EJA001; CSUR Q1926; HF; NR-46450

16S rRNA gene: CP007474 Analysetree FASTA download

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)

Risk group: 2

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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