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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rickettsia paranaensis"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia paranaensis" Peckle et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: pa.ra.na.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. paranaensis, pertaining to Paraná state, Brazil [probably better: paranensis]

Pronunciation, gender: pa-ra-na-EN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: ApPR parkeri

Effective publication: Peckle M, Luz HR, Labruna MB, Serpa MCA, Lima S, Maturano R, Faccini JLH, McIntosh D. Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis groups the New World bacterium Rickettsia sp. strain ApPR with the Old World species R. africae; proposal of "Candidatus Rickettsia paranaensis". Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2019; 10:101261.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

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: Peckle M, Luz HR, Labruna MB, Serpa MCA, Lima S, Maturano R, Faccini JLH, McIntosh D. Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis groups the New World bacterium Rickettsia sp. strain ApPR with the Old World species R. africae; proposal of "Candidatus Rickettsia paranaensis". Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2019; 10:101261.

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Record number: 2819
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