Species ***Rickettsia* *asiatica***

Classification:

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Pseudomonadota Alphaproteobacteria Rickettsiales Rickettsiaceae Rickettsia Rickettsia asiatica

Name: Rickettsia asiatica Fujita et al. 2006

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.si.a’ti.ca. N.L. fem. adj. asiatica, Asian

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rik-KETT-si-a a-si-A-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: ATCC VR-1593; CSUR R2; IO-1

16S rRNA gene: AF394906 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fujita H, Fournier PE, Takada N, Saito T, Raoult D. Rickettsia asiatica sp. nov., isolated in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2365-2368. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+". — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 At the time of publication, the type strain IO-1 was deposited in only one culture collection with the accession number CSUR R2. However, Rickettsia asiatica Fujita et al. 2006 was validly published because a committee consisting of the Chairman of the ICSP, the Chairman of the JC of the ICSP and the Editor of the IJSEM has granted an exception in this instance to Rule 27(3) of the Bacteriological Code governing the deposit of type material in two different collections in two different countries. This exception was granted in anticipation of the published minutes of the meetings of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) and its Judicial Commission (JC) in San Francisco in 2005. In March 2008, the authors have obtained the ATCC certificate for the type strain of this species which meets all requirements of Rule 27(3). Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱

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

Assigned by: Fujita H, Fournier PE, Takada N, Saito T, Raoult D. Rickettsia asiatica sp. nov., isolated in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2365-2368. 🇫🇷

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