Name: Neorickettsia helminthoeca Philip et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hel.minth.oe.ca. Gr. fem. n. helmins, intestinal-worm; Gr. masc. n. oîkos, house; N.L. fem. adj. helminthoeca, worm-dwelling

Gender: feminine

Type strain: no culture isolated

Effective publication: Philip CB, Hadlow WJ, Hughes LE. Neorickettsia helmintheca, a new rickettsia-like disease agent in dogs in western United States transmitted by a helminth. Riassunti della Communicazione VI Congresso Internazionale di Microbiologia, Roma 1953; 2:256-257.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Neorickettsia Philip et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Philip CB, Hadlow WJ, Hughes LE. Neorickettsia helmintheca, a new rickettsia-like disease agent in dogs in western United States transmitted by a helminth. Riassunti della Communicazione VI Congresso Internazionale di Microbiologia, Roma 1953; 2:256-257.
  • 😷 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 32 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.

Parent taxon: Neorickettsia Philip et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Philip CB, Hadlow WJ, Hughes LE. Neorickettsia helmintheca, a new rickettsia-like disease agent in dogs in western United States transmitted by a helminth. Riassunti della Communicazione VI Congresso Internazionale di Microbiologia, Roma 1953; 2:256-257.

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Record number: 784472