Species "Rickettsia canis"

Name: "Rickettsia canis" Donatien and Lestoquard 1935

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca’nis. L. gen. masc./fem. n. canis, of the dog

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rik-KETT-si-a KA-nis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: no culture isolated; Oklahoma

16S rRNA gene: M73221 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Donatien A, Lestoquard F. Existence en Algérie d'une Rickettsia du chien. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique 1935; 28:418-419.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Ehrlichia canis (Donatien and Lestoquard 1935) Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Donatien A, Lestoquard F. Existence en Algérie d'une Rickettsia du chien. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique 1935; 28:418-419.

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Record number: 4264

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