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Species Rickettsia rhipicephali
Name: Rickettsia rhipicephali (ex Burgdorfer et al. 1978) Weiss and Moulder 1988
Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.
Etymology: rhi.pi.ce.pha.li. N.L. gen. masc. n. rhipicephali, of Rhipicephalus, named after its natural tick host Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Type strain: 3-7-6; Burgdorfer 3-7-female 6
16S rRNA gene:
L36216
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Weiss E, Moulder JW. Genus I. Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916, 567AL (Nom. gen. cons. Opin 19, Jud. Comm. 1958, 158). In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 688-698.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 25. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:220-222. 
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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 = "t". — 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 56 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.
Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Weiss E, Moulder JW. Genus I. Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916, 567AL (Nom. gen. cons. Opin 19, Jud. Comm. 1958, 158). In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 688-698.
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Record number: 784799
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