Name: Rochalimaea quintana (Schmincke 1917) Krieg 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Rickettsia quintana" Schmincke 1917

Etymology: quin.ta’na. L. fem. adj. quintana, of or belonging to the fifth, referring to 5-day fever and the clinical disease produced by the species

Pronunciation, gender: kwin-TA-na, feminine

Type strain: ATCC VR-358; CIP 107027; DSM 21441; Fuller

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: M11927 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Krieg A. Grundlagen der Insektenpathologie. Viren-, Rickettsien- und Bakterien- Infektionen. Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff, Verlag, Darmstadt, 1961.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Bartonella quintana (Schmincke 1917) Brenner et al. 1993

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bartonella quintana (Schmincke 1917) Brenner et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Rickettsia quintana" Schmincke 1917	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rochalimaea (Macchiavello 1947) Krieg 1961 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Krieg A. Grundlagen der Insektenpathologie. Viren-, Rickettsien- und Bakterien- Infektionen. Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff, Verlag, Darmstadt, 1961.
  • ❗ Rochalimaea quintana is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Rochalimaea.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 64 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), "Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff" is erroneously cited as "Dr. Dietrich Steinkofpp (sic)". Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
  • 🧍 In the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, the type strain is erroneously cited as ATCC VR 358 (without dash). — The type strain ATCC VR-986 is deaccessioned. — Tang J. Personal communication, 2001-11-06.

Parent taxon: Rochalimaea (Macchiavello 1947) Krieg 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Krieg A. Grundlagen der Insektenpathologie. Viren-, Rickettsien- und Bakterien- Infektionen. Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff, Verlag, Darmstadt, 1961.

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Record number: 784813