Name: Rickettsia japonica Uchida et al. 1992
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology: ja.po’ni.ca. N.L. fem. adj. japonica, pertaining to Japan, the country from which the first isolates were identified
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rik-KETT-si-a ja-PO-ni-ka, feminine
Type strain: ATCC VR-1363; YH
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AP011533
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Uchida T, Uchiyama T, Kumano K, Walker DH. Rickettsia japonica sp. nov., the etiological agent of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Japan. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:303-305. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 42. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:511.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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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.
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Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Uchida T, Uchiyama T, Kumano K, Walker DH. Rickettsia japonica sp. nov., the etiological agent of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Japan. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:303-305. 🇺🇸
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