Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia siciliensis" Eremeeva and Stromdahl 2011
Etymology: si.ci.li.en’sis. L. fem. adj. siciliensis, pertaining to Sicily
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rik-KETT-si-a si-ki-li-EN-sis, feminine
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. 
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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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