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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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 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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