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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rickettsia angusta"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia angusta" corrig. Anstead and Chilton 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: an.gus’ta. L. fem. adj. angusta, narrow, based on the specific epithet of the host Ixodes angustus

Pronunciation, gender: an-GUS-ta, feminine

Nomenclatural type: CAA133

16S rRNA gene: HF935069 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Anstead CA, Chilton NB. A novel Rickettsia species detected in Vole Ticks (Ixodes angustus) from Western Canada. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:7583-7589.

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: pro-correct name

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

Assigned by: Anstead CA, Chilton NB. A novel Rickettsia species detected in Vole Ticks (Ixodes angustus) from Western Canada. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:7583-7589.

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Record number: 22089
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