Species "Candidatus Rickettsia xinyangensis"

Name: "Candidatus Rickettsia xinyangensis" Li et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: xin.yang.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. xinyangensis, pertaining to Xinyang

Gender: feminine

Original publication: Li H, Li XM, Du J, Zhang XA, Cui N, Yang ZD, Xue XJ, Zhang PH, Cao WC, Liu W. Candidatus Rickettsia xinyangensis as Cause of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis, Xinyang, China, 2015. Emerg Infect Dis 2020; 26:985-988.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Notes:
- 🧍 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.

Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Li H, Li XM, Du J, Zhang XA, Cui N, Yang ZD, Xue XJ, Zhang PH, Cao WC, Liu W. Candidatus Rickettsia xinyangensis as Cause of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis, Xinyang, China, 2015. Emerg Infect Dis 2020; 26:985-988.

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Record number: 7341

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