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Species Rickettsia conorii
Name: Rickettsia conorii corrig. Brumpt 1932 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: co.no’ri.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. conorii, of Conor, named after A. Conor who, in collaboration with A. Bruch, provided the first description of boutonneuse fever
Pronunciation, gender: ko-NO-ri-i, feminine
Type strain: ATCC VR-613; CRIRC RCO003; CSUR R41; Malish; Malish 7; NIAID Malish 7
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF541999
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FASTA
Effective publication: Brumpt E. Longévité du virus de la fièvre boutonneuse (Rickettsia conori, n. sp.) chez la Tique, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie Filiales 1932; 110:1199-1202.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Rickettsia conori Brumpt 1932 (Approved Lists 1980) other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Emendations:
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Zhu et al. 2005
Zhu Y, Fournier PE, Eremeeva M, Raoult D. Proposal to create subspecies of Rickettsia conorii based on multi-locus sequence typing and an emended description of Rickettsia conorii. BMC Microbiol 2005; 5:11.
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Notes:- 🧍 As of 2023-10-12 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
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Hördt et al. 2020
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
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Zhu et al. 2005
Zhu Y, Fournier PE, Eremeeva M, Raoult D. Proposal to create subspecies of Rickettsia conorii based on multi-locus sequence typing and an emended description of Rickettsia conorii. BMC Microbiol 2005; 5:11.
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Z". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — 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 772 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Rickettsia conorii subsp. caspia" Zhu et al. 2005 not validly published preferred name Rickettsia conorii subsp. conorii (Brumpt 1932) Zhu et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Rickettsia conorii subsp. gravesii" (Abdad et al. 2017) Hördt et al. 2020 not validly published synonym Rickettsia conorii subsp. heilongjiangensis (Fournier et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Rickettsia conorii subsp. indica Zhu et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis Zhu et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Rickettsia conorii subsp. raoultii (Mediannikov et al. 2008) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Brumpt E. Longévité du virus de la fièvre boutonneuse (Rickettsia conori, n. sp.) chez la Tique, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie Filiales 1932; 110:1199-1202.
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Record number: 784787
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