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Species Rickettsia typhi
Name: Rickettsia typhi (Wolbach and Todd 1920) Philip 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Dermacentroxenus typhi" Wolbach and Todd 1920
Etymology: ty.phi. Gr. masc. n. tŷphos, name of four kinds of fever, one of which is accompanied by stuport; L. gen. masc. n. typhi, of typhus
Type strain: ATCC VR-144; Wilmington
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
U12463
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FASTA
Effective publication: Philip CB. Nomenclature of the pathogenic rickettsiae. American Journal of Hygiene 1943; 37:301-309.
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
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Dermacentroxenus typhi" Wolbach and Todd 1920 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Z". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — 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 569 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established 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.
- 🧍 In the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, the type strain is erroneously cited as ATCC VR 144 (without dash). — Tang J. Personal communication, 2001-05-30. — 🧍 The type strain ATCC VR-144 is temporarily unavailable. — Tang J. Personal communication, 2001-11-05.
Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Philip CB. Nomenclature of the pathogenic rickettsiae. American Journal of Hygiene 1943; 37:301-309.
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Record number: 784806
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