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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Rickettsia tamiyai"

Name: "Rickettsia tamiyai" Kawamura 1954

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. tamiyai, named in memory of Dr. Takeo Tamiya

Gender: feminine

Original publication: Kawamura AJ. Notes on the new strain of Rickettsia, Rickettsia tamiyai n. sp., isolated from voles in Hokkaido. Jpn J Exp Med 1954; 24:47-50.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kawamura AJ. Notes on the new strain of Rickettsia, Rickettsia tamiyai n. sp., isolated from voles in Hokkaido. Jpn J Exp Med 1954; 24:47-50.

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Record number: 22769

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