Species Rickettsia heilongjiangensis

Name: Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Fournier et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hei.long.jiang.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. heilongjiangensis, pertaining to Heilongjiang, the Chinese province where the Dermacentor silvarum tick providing the first isolate was collected

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … he͡i-lon͡g-jian͡g-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC VR-1524; CSUR 54; HLJ-054; Strain 054

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF178037 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Fournier PE, Dumler JS, Greub G, Zhang J, Wu Y, Raoult D. Gene sequence-based criteria for identification of new rickettsia isolates and description of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:5456-5465. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 108. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:499-500.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Rickettsia conorii subsp. heilongjiangensis (Fournier et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 3

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Rickettsia heilongjiangii" Zhang et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Rickettsia conorii subsp. heilongjiangensis (Fournier et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

Emendations:
- 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.

Notes:
- ❗ Rickettsia heilongjiangensis is the 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, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Rickettsia.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human pathogen - (*)". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2 - Considerations for containment: Prior to CBSG First Edition, additional operation procedures were required.". — 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, note = "(*)". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "*". — 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 51 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Fournier et al. 2006 was previously known as "Rickettsia heilongjiangii" Zhang et al. 2000. — The specific epithet heilongjiangensis is a "N.L. fem. adj.", not a "N.L. gen. n." as cited in the effective publication. — The culture collection accession number CSUR 054 has been provided on request for validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 108. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:499-500.

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

Assigned by: Fournier PE, Dumler JS, Greub G, Zhang J, Wu Y, Raoult D. Gene sequence-based criteria for identification of new rickettsia isolates and description of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:5456-5465. 🇫🇷

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Species Rickettsia heilongjiangensis