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Species Rickettsia gravesii
Name: Rickettsia gravesii Abdad et al. 2017
Etymology: gra.ve’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. gravesii, of Graves, named after Professor Stephen Graves, founder of the Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory and a major contributor to rickettsial research in Australia
Pronunciation, gender: … gra-WE-si-i, feminine
Type strain: ARRL RGBWI-1; ATCC VR-1664; BWI; BWI-1; CSUR R172
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
DQ269434
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Abdad MY, Abdallah RA, Karkouri KE, Beye M, Stenos J, Owen H, Unsworth N, Robertson I, Blacksell SD, Nguyen TT, et al. Rickettsia gravesii sp. nov.: a novel spotted fever group rickettsia in Western Australian Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum ticks. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3156-3161. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4881-4883.
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 "Candidatus Rickettsia gravesii" Owen et al. 2006 homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Rickettsia conorii subsp. gravesii" (Abdad et al. 2017) Hördt et al. 2020 homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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 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.
Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Abdad MY, Abdallah RA, Karkouri KE, Beye M, Stenos J, Owen H, Unsworth N, Robertson I, Blacksell SD, Nguyen TT, et al. Rickettsia gravesii sp. nov.: a novel spotted fever group rickettsia in Western Australian Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum ticks. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3156-3161. 🇫🇷
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Record number: 795871
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