Species "Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommatis"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommatis" corrig. Labruna et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: am.bly.om’ma.tis. N.L. gen. neut. n. amblyommatis, of Amblyomma, the genus of hard ticks from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rik-KETT-si-a am-bly-OM-ma-tis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: CRIRC RAM004; CSUR P2882; WB-8-2

See detailed strain information at

Effective publication: Labruna MB, Whitworth T, Bouyer DH, McBride J, Camargo LM, Camargo EP, Popov V, Walker DH. Rickettsia bellii and Rickettsia amblyommii in Amblyomma ticks from the State of Rondonia, Western Amazon, Brazil. J Med Entomol 2004; 41:1073-1081. 🇧🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rickettsia amblyommatis Karpathy et al. 2016

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Rickettsia amblyommatis Karpathy et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii" Labruna et al. 2004	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- ❗ "Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommatis" is the pro-correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus Rickettsia.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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.
- 🧍 See also Oren (2017) for the spelling correction. Publication: Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.
- 🧍 The original spelling of this Candidatus name has been corrected by Oren (2017). Publication: Oren A. A plea for linguistic accuracy - also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094. 🇮🇱 Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

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

Assigned by: Labruna MB, Whitworth T, Bouyer DH, McBride J, Camargo LM, Camargo EP, Popov V, Walker DH. Rickettsia bellii and Rickettsia amblyommii in Amblyomma ticks from the State of Rondonia, Western Amazon, Brazil. J Med Entomol 2004; 41:1073-1081. 🇧🇷

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Record number: 949

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