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Species Rickettsia monacensis
Name: Rickettsia monacensis Simser et al. 2019
Etymology: mo.na.cen’sis. M.L. neut. n. Monacum, Munich, a German city; L. fem. adj. monacensis, from/of Munich
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mo-na-KEN-sis, feminine
Type strain: ATCC VR-1928; DSM 29017; IrR/Munich
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
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. 
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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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 143 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🧍 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 (Reading) 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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Record number: 792074
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