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Species "Candidatus Rickettsia asembonensis"
Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia asembonensis" corrig. Jiang et al. 2013
Etymology: a.sem.bo.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. asembonensis, referring to Asembo
Nomenclatural type: 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
Effective publication:
Jiang J, Maina AN, Knobel DL, Cleaveland S, Laudisoit A, Wamburu K, Ogola E, Parola P, Breiman RF, Njenga MK, et al. Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis in fleas from human habitats, Asembo, Kenya. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2013; 13:550-558. 
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
Correct name: Rickettsia asembonensis Maina et al. 2016
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Rickettsia asembonensis Maina et al. 2016 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis" Jiang et al. 2013 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
- ❗ "Candidatus Rickettsia asembonensis" 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.
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🧍 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.
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🧍 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:
Jiang J, Maina AN, Knobel DL, Cleaveland S, Laudisoit A, Wamburu K, Ogola E, Parola P, Breiman RF, Njenga MK, et al. Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis in fleas from human habitats, Asembo, Kenya. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2013; 13:550-558.
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Record number: 950
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