Species "Candidatus Rickettsia tasmaniensis"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia tasmaniensis" corrig. Izzard et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: tas.ma.ni.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. tasmaniensis, referring to Tasmania

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … tas-ma-ni-EN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: no culture isolated

Effective publication: Izzard L, Graves S, Cox E, Fenwick S, Unsworth N, Stenos J. Novel rickettsia in ticks, Tasmania, Australia. Emerg Infect Dis 2009; 15:1654-1656. 🇦🇺

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: Izzard L, Graves S, Cox E, Fenwick S, Unsworth N, Stenos J. Novel rickettsia in ticks, Tasmania, Australia. Emerg Infect Dis 2009; 15:1654-1656. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 800610
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