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Species Rickettsia tamurae
Name: Rickettsia tamurae Fournier et al. 2006
Etymology: ta.mu’rae. N.L. gen. masc. n. tamurae, of Tamura, named in honour of the Japanese rickettsiologist Dr Akira Tamura, who contributed to our knowledge of rickettsiae and rickettsioses in Japan
Type strain: AT-1; ATCC VR-1594; CSUR R1
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AY049981
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Fournier PE, Takada N, Fujita H, Raoult D. Rickettsia tamurae sp. nov., isolated from Amblyomma testudinarium ticks. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1673-1675. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2251-2252.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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Hördt et al. 2020
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
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Hördt et al. 2020
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 29 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
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🧍 At the time of publication, the type strain AT-1 was deposited in only one culture collection with the accession number CSUR R1. However, Rickettsia tamurae Fournier et al. 2006 was validly published because a committee consisting of the Chairman of the ICSP, the Chairman of the JC of the ICSP and the Editor of the IJSEM has granted an exception in this instance to Rule 27(3) of the Bacteriological Code governing the deposit of type material in two different collections in two different countries. This exception was granted in anticipation of the published minutes of the meetings of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) and its Judicial Commission (JC) in San Francisco in 2005. In March 2008, the authors have obtained the ATCC certificate for the type strain of this species which meets all requirements of Rule 27(3).
Publication:
Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Rickettsia tamurae subsp. buchneri (Kurtti et al. 2015) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Rickettsia tamurae subsp. tamurae (Fournier et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Fournier PE, Takada N, Fujita H, Raoult D. Rickettsia tamurae sp. nov., isolated from Amblyomma testudinarium ticks. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1673-1675.
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Record number: 784804
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