Species "Candidatus Rickettsia africaustralis"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia africaustralis" Essbauer et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: a.fric.aus.tra’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. australis, southern, of the south wind, referring to the southern continent of Antarctica; N.L. fem. adj. africaustralis

Pronunciation, gender: … a-frik-a͡us-TRA-lis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: Suedafrika0144

Original publication: Essbauer S, Hofmann M, Kleinemeier C, Wolfel S, Matthee S. Rickettsia diversity in southern Africa: A small mammal perspective. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2018; 9:288-301. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Essbauer S, Hofmann M, Kleinemeier C, Wolfel S, Matthee S. Rickettsia diversity in southern Africa: A small mammal perspective. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2018; 9:288-301. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 2806
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