Name: Rickettsia tsutsugamushi (Hayashi 1920) Ogata 1931 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Theileria tsutsugamushi" Hayashi 1920
Etymology: from N.L. gen. neut. n. tsutsugamushi, popular name of the disease caused by this species, generally interpreted to mean "mite disease" (from two Japanese ideographs transliterated tsutuga something small and dangerous, and mushi a creature, now known to be a mite) [probably better: tsutsugamushii]
Type strain: ATCC VR-150; Karp
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16S rRNA gene: D38623 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Ogata N. Aetiologie der Tsutsugamuchi-Krankheit: Rickettsia tsutsugamushi. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung I 1931; 122:249-253.
IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Orientia tsutsugamushi (Hayashi 1920) Tamura et al. 1995
Name | Kind |
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"Theileria tsutsugamushi" Hayashi 1920 | homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists |
Orientia tsutsugamushi (Hayashi 1920) Tamura et al. 1995 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Ogata N. Aetiologie der Tsutsugamuchi-Krankheit: Rickettsia tsutsugamushi. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung I 1931; 122:249-253.
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Record number: 784805