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
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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
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Rickettsia tamurae subsp. tamurae (Fournier et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Rickettsia tamurae subsp. buchneri (Kurtti et al. 2015) Hördt et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
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