Name: "Candidatus Orientia chiloeensis" corrig. Abarca et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: chi.loe.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. chiloeensis, pertaining to the Chiloé Archipelago, Chile [probably better: chiloensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … khi-lo͡e-EN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: MS2016-M

Effective publication: Abarca K, Martinez-Valdebenito C, Angulo J, Jiang J, Farris CM, Richards AL, Acosta-Jamett G, Weitzel T. Molecular Description of a Novel Orientia Species Causing Scrub Typhus in Chile. Emerg Infect Dis 2020; 26:2148-2156. 🇨🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Orientia Tamura et al. 1995

Assigned by: Abarca K, Martinez-Valdebenito C, Angulo J, Jiang J, Farris CM, Richards AL, Acosta-Jamett G, Weitzel T. Molecular Description of a Novel Orientia Species Causing Scrub Typhus in Chile. Emerg Infect Dis 2020; 26:2148-2156. 🇨🇱

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Record number: 28597
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