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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rickettsia moyalensis"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia moyalensis" Kimita et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: mo.ya.len’sis. N.L. fem. adj. moyalensis, pertaining to Moyale, Kenya

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mo-ya-LEN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: 176_Moyale

Effective publication: Kimita G, Mutai B, Nyanjom SG, Wamunyokoli F, Waitumbi J. Phylogenetic Variants of Rickettsia africae, and Incidental Identification of "Candidatus Rickettsia Moyalensis" in Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016; 10:e0004788. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

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: Kimita G, Mutai B, Nyanjom SG, Wamunyokoli F, Waitumbi J. Phylogenetic Variants of Rickettsia africae, and Incidental Identification of "Candidatus Rickettsia Moyalensis" in Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016; 10:e0004788. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 2816
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