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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rickettsia liberiensis"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia liberiensis" Mediannikov et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: li.be.ri.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. liberiensis, pertaining to Liberia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … li-be-ri-EN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: no culture isolated

Effective publication: Mediannikov O, Diatta G, Zolia Y, Balde MC, Kohar H, Trape JF, Raoult D. Tick-borne rickettsiae in Guinea and Liberia. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2012; 3:43-48. 🇫🇷

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: Mediannikov O, Diatta G, Zolia Y, Balde MC, Kohar H, Trape JF, Raoult D. Tick-borne rickettsiae in Guinea and Liberia. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2012; 3:43-48. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 800257
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