Species "Candidatus Rickettsia hoogstraalii"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia hoogstraalii" Mattila et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: hoogs.traa’li.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hoogstraalii, of Hoogstraal, named in honour of Dr Harry Hoogstraal who contributed significantly to the general knowledge on ticks

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rik-KETT-si-a hoogs-TRAA-li-i, feminine

Nomenclatural type: Croatica; DSM 22243; UTMB 3

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ767735 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mattila JT, Burkhardt NY, Hutcheson HJ, Munderloh UG, Kurtti TJ. Isolation of cell lines and a rickettsial endosymbiont from the soft tick Carios capensis (Acari: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae). J Med Entomol 2007; 44:1091-1101. 🇺🇸

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rickettsia hoogstraalii Duh et al. 2010

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Rickettsia hoogstraalii Duh et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ "Candidatus Rickettsia hoogstraalii" 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 2026-08-13. 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: Mattila JT, Burkhardt NY, Hutcheson HJ, Munderloh UG, Kurtti TJ. Isolation of cell lines and a rickettsial endosymbiont from the soft tick Carios capensis (Acari: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae). J Med Entomol 2007; 44:1091-1101. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 4268

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Species "Candidatus Rickettsia hoogstraalii"