Name: "Candidatus Ehrlichia occidentalis" Gofton et al. 2017
Etymology: oc.ci.den.ta’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. occidentalis, western, pertaining to Western Australia
Original publication: Gofton AW, Waudby HP, Petit S, Greay TL, Ryan UM, Irwin PJ. Detection and phylogenetic characterisation of novel Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in Amblyomma triguttatum subsp. from four allopatric populations in Australia. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2017; 8:749-756.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Ehrlichia Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Gofton AW, Waudby HP, Petit S, Greay TL, Ryan UM, Irwin PJ. Detection and phylogenetic characterisation of novel Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in Amblyomma triguttatum subsp. from four allopatric populations in Australia. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2017; 8:749-756.
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Record number: 2716