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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rickettsia siciliensis"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia siciliensis" Eremeeva and Stromdahl 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: si.ci.li.en’sis. L. fem. adj. siciliensis, pertaining to Sicily

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … si-ki-li-EN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: T090960

Effective publication: Eremeeva ME, Stromdahl EY. Short report: New spotted fever group Rickettsia in a Rhipicephalus turanicus tick removed from a child in eastern Sicily, Italy. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2011; 84:99-101. 🇺🇸

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: Eremeeva ME, Stromdahl EY. Short report: New spotted fever group Rickettsia in a Rhipicephalus turanicus tick removed from a child in eastern Sicily, Italy. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2011; 84:99-101. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 22385
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