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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rickettsia laoensis"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia laoensis" Taylor et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: la.o.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. laoensis, pertaining to Laos [probably better: laonensis or laosensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … la-o-EN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: 447

Effective publication: Taylor AJ, Vongphayloth K, Vongsouvath M, Grandadam M, Brey PT, Newton PN, Sutherland IW, Dittrich S. Large-Scale Survey for Tickborne Bacteria, Khammouan Province, Laos. Emerg Infect Dis 2016; 22:1635-1639. 🇱🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

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

Assigned by: Taylor AJ, Vongphayloth K, Vongsouvath M, Grandadam M, Brey PT, Newton PN, Sutherland IW, Dittrich S. Large-Scale Survey for Tickborne Bacteria, Khammouan Province, Laos. Emerg Infect Dis 2016; 22:1635-1639. 🇱🇦

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Record number: 3898
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