Name: Rickettsiella chironomi (ex Weiser 1963) Weiss et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: chi.ro’no.mi. N.L. gen. masc. n. chironomi, of Chironomus, the generic name of the midge, one of its hosts

Gender: feminine

Type strain: no culture isolated

Effective publication: Weiss E, Dasch GA, Chang K-P. Genus Rickettsiella. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 713-717.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PI". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.

Parent taxon: Rickettsiella Philip 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Weiss E, Dasch GA, Chang K-P. Genus Rickettsiella. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 713-717.

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Record number: 784807