Species ***Rickettsia* *monacensis***

Name: Rickettsia monacensis Simser et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo.na.cen’sis. M.L. neut. n. Monacum, Munich, a German city; L. fem. adj. monacensis, from/of Munich

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC VR-1928; DSM 29017; IrR/Munich

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16S rRNA gene: DQ100164 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Simser JA, Palmer AT, Fingerle V, Wilske B, Kurtti TJ, Munderloh UG. Rickettsia monacensis sp. nov., a spotted fever group Rickettsia, from ticks (Ixodes ricinus) collected in a European city park. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:4559-4566.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 189. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2627-2629.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 133 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Simser JA, Palmer AT, Fingerle V, Wilske B, Kurtti TJ, Munderloh UG. Rickettsia monacensis sp. nov., a spotted fever group Rickettsia, from ticks (Ixodes ricinus) collected in a European city park. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:4559-4566.

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Species Rickettsia monacensis

Species ***Rickettsia* *monacensis***