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Name: "Rickettsia cooleyi" Billings et al. 1998
Etymology: coo’le.yi. N.L. gen. masc. n. cooleyi, after Dr. Robert A. Cooley, who served the Montana State Board of Entomology
Original publication:
Billings AN, Teltow GJ, Weaver SC, Walker DH. Molecular characterization of a novel Rickettsia species from Ixodes scapularis in Texas. Emerg Infect Dis 1998; 4:305-309.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Billings AN, Teltow GJ, Weaver SC, Walker DH. Molecular characterization of a novel Rickettsia species from Ixodes scapularis in Texas. Emerg Infect Dis 1998; 4:305-309.
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Record number: 21211