Name: Wolbachia melophagi (Nöller 1917) Philip 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Rickettsia melophagi" Nöller 1917

Etymology: me.lo.pha.gi. N.L. masc. n. Melophagus, a genus of wingless flies commonly called sheep keds; N.L. gen. masc. n. melophagi, of Melophagus

Gender: feminine

Type strain: no culture isolated

Effective publication: Philip CB. Comments on the classification of the order Rickettsiales. Can J Microbiol 1956; 2:261-270.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Rickettsia melophagi" Nöller 1917	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Bartonella schoenbuchensis subsp. melophagi" (Nöller 1917) do Amaral et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank
    "Bartonella melophagi" (Nöller 1917) Lee and Reichenbach 2006	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "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 = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 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.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Lo N, Paraskevopoulos C, Bourtzis K, O'Neill SL, Werren JH, Bordenstein SR, Bandi C. Taxonomic status of the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia pipientis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:654-657.
  • 🧍 The exact phylogenetic position of Wolbachia melophagi is not yet known. 16S rRNA sequence referred to as Wolbachia melophagi shows high identity with the 16S rRNA of species in the genus Bartonella. According to Dumler et al. 2001 [1], and to Lo et al. 2007 [2], Wolbachia melophagi should be removed from the genus Wolbachia. Publication: Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CP, Dasch GA, Palmer GH, Ray SC, Rikihisa Y, Rurangirwa FR. Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2145-2165.

Parent taxon: Wolbachia Hertig 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Philip CB. Comments on the classification of the order Rickettsiales. Can J Microbiol 1956; 2:261-270.

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Record number: 785193