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Species Rickettsia parkeri
Name: Rickettsia parkeri Lackman et al. 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: par’ke.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. parkeri, of Parker, named after Ralph R. Parker, a founder of the Rocky Mountain Laboratory
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … PAR-ke-ri, feminine
Type strain: Maculatum 20; NIAID maculatum 20
16S rRNA gene:
U12461
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Lackman DB, Bell EJ, Stoenner HG, Pickens EG. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER GROUP OF RICKETTSIAS. Health Lab Sci 1965; 2:135-141. 
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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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 = 2, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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 335 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Lackman DB, Bell EJ, Stoenner HG, Pickens EG. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER GROUP OF RICKETTSIAS. Health Lab Sci 1965; 2:135-141.
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Record number: 784796
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