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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rickettsia leptotrombidii"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia leptotrombidii" corrig. Huang et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: lep.to.trom.bi’di.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. leptotrombidii, of the mite genus Leptotrombidii

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … lep-to-trom-BI-di-i, feminine

Nomenclatural type: no type strain designated

Effective publication: Huang Y, Zhao L, Zhang Z, Liu M, Xue Z, Ma D, Sun X, Sun Y, Zhou C, Qin X, et al. Detection of a Novel Rickettsia From Leptotrombidium scutellare Mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) From Shandong of China. J Med Entomol 2017; 54:544-549. 🇨🇳

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: pro-correct name

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

Assigned by: Huang Y, Zhao L, Zhang Z, Liu M, Xue Z, Ma D, Sun X, Sun Y, Zhou C, Qin X, et al. Detection of a Novel Rickettsia From Leptotrombidium scutellare Mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) From Shandong of China. J Med Entomol 2017; 54:544-549. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 22092
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