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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rickettsia kedanie"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia kedanie" Ogawa et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: N.L. gen. neut. n. kedanie, pertaining to kedani, the japanese term for Leptotrombidium mites [probably better: Leptotrombidii]

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: KNCP2-13

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Original publication: Ogawa M, Matsutani M, Katayama T, Takada N, Noda S, Takahashi M, Kageyama D, Hanaoka N, Ebihara H. Discovery of a novel spotted fever group Rickettsia, "Candidatus Rickettsia kedanie," in unfed larval chigger mites, Leptotrombidium scutellare. Microbiol Immunol 2024; 68:295-304. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

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

Assigned by: Ogawa M, Matsutani M, Katayama T, Takada N, Noda S, Takahashi M, Kageyama D, Hanaoka N, Ebihara H. Discovery of a novel spotted fever group Rickettsia, "Candidatus Rickettsia kedanie," in unfed larval chigger mites, Leptotrombidium scutellare. Microbiol Immunol 2024; 68:295-304. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 50951

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