Name: "Candidatus Ehrlichia walkeri" corrig. Brouqui et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: wal’ke.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. walkeri, named after David H. Walker, an American microbiologist who contributed much to our understanding of rickettsial diseases and Ehrlichia infections

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Belluno

16S rRNA gene: AY098730 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Brouqui P, Sanogo YO, Caruso G, Merola F, Raoult D. Candidatus Ehrlichia walkerii: a new Ehrlichia detected in Ixodes ricinus tick collected from asymptomatic humans in Northern Italy. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2003; 990:134-140.

IJSEM list: Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Ehrlichia Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Brouqui P, Sanogo YO, Caruso G, Merola F, Raoult D. Candidatus Ehrlichia walkerii: a new Ehrlichia detected in Ixodes ricinus tick collected from asymptomatic humans in Northern Italy. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2003; 990:134-140.

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Record number: 800477
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