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Species Rickettsia montana
Name: Rickettsia montana (ex Lackman et al. 1965) Weiss and Moulder 1984
Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mon-TA-na, feminine
Type strain: ATCC VR-611; Tick
16S rRNA gene:
L36215
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Weiss E, Moulder JW. Genus Rickettsia. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 688-698.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357. 
Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling
Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Rickettsia montanensis corrig. (ex Lackman et al. 1965) Weiss and Moulder 1984
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Rickettsia montana" Lackman et al. 1965 homotypic synonym, not validly published Rickettsia montanensis corrig. (ex Lackman et al. 1965) Weiss and Moulder 1984 corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human pathogen - (*)". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "(**)". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "*". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 27 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Weiss E, Moulder JW. Genus Rickettsia. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 688-698.
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Record number: 784794
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