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Species "Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis"
Name: "Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis" Kawahara et al. 2004
Etymology: mi.ku.ren’sis. N.L. fem. adj. mikurensis, referring to Mikura Island, southern Japan, where the organism was discovered
Pronunciation, gender: mi-ku-REN-sis, feminine
Nomenclatural type: TK4456; TK4456R
16S rRNA gene:
AB084582
Analyse
FASTA
Pro-valid 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:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 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.
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🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0.
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🧍 This name was also included in a Notification List.
Publication:
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.
- 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.
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🥇 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.
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
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