Species Rickettsia akari
Name: Rickettsia akari Huebner et al. 1946 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: from Gr. neut. n. akari, a mite (nominative in apposition) [probably better: acaris]
Type strain: ATCC VR-148; MK
16S rRNA gene:
L36099
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Huebner RJ, Jellison WL, Pomerantz C. Rickettsialpox, newly recognized rickettsial disease. IV. Isolation of a rickettsia apparently identical with the causative agent of Rickettsialpox from Allodermanyssus sanguineus, a rodent mite. Public Health Report 1946; 61:1677-1682.
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
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human and animal pathogen - human: (*) - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, 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 = 3, note = "**". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Z". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "(**)". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "*". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 3.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 86 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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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 2022; 168:0.
- 🧍 In the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, the type strain is erroneously cited as ATCC VR 148 (without dash). — Tang J. Personal communication, 2001-05-30.
Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Huebner RJ, Jellison WL, Pomerantz C. Rickettsialpox, newly recognized rickettsial disease. IV. Isolation of a rickettsia apparently identical with the causative agent of Rickettsialpox from Allodermanyssus sanguineus, a rodent mite. Public Health Report 1946; 61:1677-1682.
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Record number: 784782
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