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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rickettsia rara"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia rara" Mediannikov et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ra’ra. L. fem. adj. rara, rare

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rik-KETT-si-a RA-ra, feminine

Nomenclatural type: FE1

Effective publication: Mediannikov O, Paddock CD, Parola P. Other rickettsiae of possible or undetermined pathogenicity. In: Raoult D, Parola P (eds), Rickettsial Diseases., Informa Healthcare, New York City, 2007, p. 163-177.

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: Mediannikov O, Paddock CD, Parola P. Other rickettsiae of possible or undetermined pathogenicity. In: Raoult D, Parola P (eds), Rickettsial Diseases., Informa Healthcare, New York City, 2007, p. 163-177.

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Record number: 22394

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