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Name: Rickettsia rickettsii corrig. (Wolbach 1919) Brumpt 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Dermacentroxenus rickettsii" corrig. Wolbach 1919
Etymology: rick.etts’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. rickettsii, of Ricketts, named after Howard Taylor Ricketts for his classic studies of the etiology of Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Type strain: ATCC VR-149; Iowa; Smith
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
CP018913
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Brumpt E. Précis de Parasitologie, 3rd ed. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1922.
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)
Name | Kind |
---|---|
"Dermacentroxenus rickettsii" corrig. Wolbach 1919 | homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists |
Rickettsia rickettsi (Wolbach 1919) Brumpt 1922 (Approved Lists 1980) | other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling |
"Dermacentroxenus rickettsi" Wolbach 1919 | homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
"Rickettsia rickettsii subsp. californica" Paddock et al. 2025 | not validly published | preferred name |
"Rickettsia rickettsii subsp. rickettsii" (Wolbach 1919) Paddock et al. 2025 | not validly published | preferred name |
Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Brumpt E. Précis de Parasitologie, 3rd ed. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1922.
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Record number: 784800