Name: Ehrlichia risticii Holland et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rist.ic’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. risticii, of Ristic, named after from Miodrag Ristic

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC VR-986; HRC-IL; Illinois

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16S rRNA gene: M21290 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Holland CJ, Weiss E, Burgdorfer W, Cole AI, Kakoma I. Ehrlichia risticii sp. nov.: etiological agent of equine monocytic ehrlichiosis (synonym, Potomac horse fever). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:524-526.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Neorickettsia risticii" (Holland et al. 1985) Dumler et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 132 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The type strain ATCC VR-986 is deaccessioned. — Tang J. Personal communication, 2001-11-06.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Ehrlichia risticii subsp. atypicalis" Kakoma et al. 1994	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Ehrlichia Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Holland CJ, Weiss E, Burgdorfer W, Cole AI, Kakoma I. Ehrlichia risticii sp. nov.: etiological agent of equine monocytic ehrlichiosis (synonym, Potomac horse fever). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:524-526.

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Record number: 783762