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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Rickettsia oklahomensis"

Name: "Rickettsia oklahomensis" Karounos et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ok.la.ho.men’sis. N.L. fem. adj. oklahomensis, referring to Oklahoma

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ok-la-ho-MEN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: Oklahoma 10; ROK001; WDCM 1093

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16S rRNA gene: CP157197 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Karounos M, Korla PK, Wilson J, Clarke S, Little S, Qurollo B. Isolation, culture, and genome analysis of Rickettsia oklahomensis sp. nov. (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) from Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae). Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2025; 16:102482. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Karounos M, Korla PK, Wilson J, Clarke S, Little S, Qurollo B. Isolation, culture, and genome analysis of Rickettsia oklahomensis sp. nov. (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) from Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae). Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2025; 16:102482. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 64994
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