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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rickettsia goldwasserii"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia goldwasserii" Keysary et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: gold.was.se’ri.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. goldwasserii, in recognition of Dr. Robert A. Goldwasser for his work on rickettsiae and rickettsial diseases in Israel and his important contributions to the development of indirect fluorescent antibody assays for rickettsiae

Pronunciation, gender: gold-was-SE-ri-i, feminine

Nomenclatural type: B 4

Effective publication: Keysary A, Eremeeva ME, Leitner M, Din AB, Wikswo ME, Mumcuoglu KY, Inbar M, Wallach AD, Shanas U, King R, et al. Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks collected from wild animals in Israel. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2011; 85:919-923.

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: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Rickettsia goldwasseri" corrig. Keysary et al. 2011

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

Assigned by: Keysary A, Eremeeva ME, Leitner M, Din AB, Wikswo ME, Mumcuoglu KY, Inbar M, Wallach AD, Shanas U, King R, et al. Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks collected from wild animals in Israel. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2011; 85:919-923.

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Record number: 3832
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