Name: Rickettsia asembonensis Maina et al. 2016
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology: a.sem.bo.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. asembonensis, from Asembo, a part of Siaya County, western Kenya, where the Ctenocephalides felis fleas that yielded the first isolate were collected (Luce-Fedrow et al., 2015)
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rik-KETT-si-a a-sem-bo-NEN-sis, feminine
Type strain: ATCC VR-1827; CDC CRIRC RAS001; DSM 100172; NMRCii
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
JWSW01000015
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Maina AN, Luce-Fedrow A, Omulo S, Hang J, Chan TC, Ade F, Jima DD, Ogola E, Ge H, Breiman RF, et al. Isolation and characterization of a novel Rickettsia species (Rickettsia asembonensis sp. nov.) obtained from cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4512-4517. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
| Name | Kind |
|---|---|
| "Candidatus Rickettsia asembonensis" corrig. Jiang et al. 2013 | homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP |
| "Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis" Jiang et al. 2013 | homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling |
Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Maina AN, Luce-Fedrow A, Omulo S, Hang J, Chan TC, Ade F, Jima DD, Ogola E, Ge H, Breiman RF, et al. Isolation and characterization of a novel Rickettsia species (Rickettsia asembonensis sp. nov.) obtained from cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4512-4517. 🇺🇸
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