Name: "Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis" Kawahara et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: mi.ku.ren’sis. Gr. masc. adj. neos, new; N.L. fem. n. Ehrlichia, name of a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Neoehrlichia, a new Ehrlichia; N.L. masc./fem. adj. mikurensis, referring to Mikura Island, southern Japan, where the organism was discovered

Gender: feminine

Type strain: TK4456; TK4456R

16S rRNA gene: AB084582 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Kawahara M, Rikihisa Y, Isogai E, Takahashi M, Misumi H, Suto C, Shibata S, Zhang C, Tsuji M. Ultrastructure and phylogenetic analysis of 'Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis' in the family Anaplasmataceae, isolated from wild rats and found in Ixodes ovatus ticks. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1837-1843.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Neoehrlichia" Kawahara et al. 2004. Publication: Kawahara M, Rikihisa Y, Isogai E, Takahashi M, Misumi H, Suto C, Shibata S, Zhang C, Tsuji M. Ultrastructure and phylogenetic analysis of 'Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis' in the family Anaplasmataceae, isolated from wild rats and found in Ixodes ovatus ticks. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1837-1843.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Neoehrlichia" Kawahara et al. 2004

Assigned by: Kawahara M, Rikihisa Y, Isogai E, Takahashi M, Misumi H, Suto C, Shibata S, Zhang C, Tsuji M. Ultrastructure and phylogenetic analysis of 'Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis' in the family Anaplasmataceae, isolated from wild rats and found in Ixodes ovatus ticks. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1837-1843.

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Record number: 800071