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
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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.
- 🎓 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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