Species "Candidatus Rickettsia mauretanica"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia mauretanica" Buysse and Duron 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: mau.re.ta’ni.ca. N.L. fem. adj. mauretanica, pertaining to Mauretania

Pronunciation, gender: … ma͡u-re-TA-ni-ka, feminine

Nomenclatural type: FES1762

16S rRNA gene: MN905453 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Buysse M, Duron O. Two novel Rickettsia species of soft ticks in North Africa: 'Candidatus Rickettsia africaseptentrionalis' and 'Candidatus Rickettsia mauretanica'. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2020; 11:101376. 🇫🇷

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: Buysse M, Duron O. Two novel Rickettsia species of soft ticks in North Africa: 'Candidatus Rickettsia africaseptentrionalis' and 'Candidatus Rickettsia mauretanica'. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2020; 11:101376. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 7340
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