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Species "Candidatus Rickettsia gravesii"
Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia gravesii" Owen et al. 2006
Etymology: gra.ve’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. gravesii, after Stephen Graves, an Australian physician and microbiologist who is the founder and director of The Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory and has a long history of promoting and contributing to Australian rickettsial research
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gra-WE-si-i, feminine
Nomenclatural type: ARRL RGBWI-1; ATCC VR-1664; BWI; BWI-1; CSUR R172
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
DQ269434
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Owen H, Unsworth N, Stenos J, Robertson I, Clark P, Fenwick S. Detection and identification of a novel spotted fever group rickettsia in Western Australia. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 1078:197-199. 
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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: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Rickettsia gravesii Abdad et al. 2017
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Rickettsia gravesii Abdad et al. 2017 homotypic synonym, 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:
- ❗ "Candidatus Rickettsia gravesii" is the pro-correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus Rickettsia.
- 😷 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.
Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Owen H, Unsworth N, Stenos J, Robertson I, Clark P, Fenwick S. Detection and identification of a novel spotted fever group rickettsia in Western Australia. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 1078:197-199. 🇦🇺
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Record number: 36356
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