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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Rickettsia lusitaniae"

Name: "Rickettsia lusitaniae" Milhano et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu.si.ta’ni.ae. L. gen. fem. n. lusitaniae, referring to Lusitania [Portugal], where the organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … lu-si-TA-ni-a͡e, feminine

Nomenclatural type: PoTiRo

Original publication: Milhano N, Palma M, Marcili A, Nuncio MS, de Carvalho IL, de Sousa R. Rickettsia lusitaniae sp. nov. isolated from the soft tick Ornithodoros erraticus (Acarina: Argasidae). Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 2014; 37:189-193. 🇵🇹

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Milhano N, Palma M, Marcili A, Nuncio MS, de Carvalho IL, de Sousa R. Rickettsia lusitaniae sp. nov. isolated from the soft tick Ornithodoros erraticus (Acarina: Argasidae). Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 2014; 37:189-193. 🇵🇹

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Record number: 9411
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