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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Rickettsia tibetensis"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia tibetensis" corrig. Wang et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ti.be.ten’sis. N.L. fem. adj. tibetensis, of or pertaining to Tibet, where the organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ti-be-TEN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: WYG55

Effective publication: Wang Y, Liu Z, Yang J, Chen Z, Liu J, Li Y, Luo J, Yin H. Rickettsia raoultii-like bacteria in Dermacentor spp. ticks, Tibet, China. Emerg Infect Dis 2012; 18:1532-1534. 🇺🇸

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: Wang Y, Liu Z, Yang J, Chen Z, Liu J, Li Y, Luo J, Yin H. Rickettsia raoultii-like bacteria in Dermacentor spp. ticks, Tibet, China. Emerg Infect Dis 2012; 18:1532-1534. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 22095
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