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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rickettsia nicoyana"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia nicoyana" Moreira-Soto et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ni.co.ya’na. N.L. fem. adj. nicoyana, pertaining to Nicoya, Costa Rica

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ni-ko-YA-na, feminine

Nomenclatural type: RS32

16S rRNA gene: KX228147 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Moreira-Soto RD, Moreira-Soto A, Corrales-Aguilar E, Calderon-Arguedas O, Troyo A. 'Candidatus Rickettsia nicoyana': A novel Rickettsia species isolated from Ornithodoros knoxjonesi in Costa Rica. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2017; 8:532-536. 🇨🇷

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: Moreira-Soto RD, Moreira-Soto A, Corrales-Aguilar E, Calderon-Arguedas O, Troyo A. 'Candidatus Rickettsia nicoyana': A novel Rickettsia species isolated from Ornithodoros knoxjonesi in Costa Rica. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2017; 8:532-536. 🇨🇷

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Record number: 2818
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