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Subspecies Ehrlichia muris subsp. eauclairensis
Name: Ehrlichia muris subsp. eauclairensis Pritt et al. 2017
Etymology: e.au.clai.ren’sis. N.L. fem. adj. eauclairensis, from Eau Claire, the type strain was isolated from a patient from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in 2009
Pronunciation, gender: e-a͡u-klai-REN-sis, feminine
Type strain: CRIRC EMU002; CSUR P2883; Wisconsin; Wisconsin_h
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
HM543745
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Pritt BS, Allerdice MEJ, Sloan LM, Paddock CD, Munderloh UG, Rikihisa Y, Tajima T, Paskewitz SM, Neitzel DF, Hoang Johnson DK, et al. Proposal to reclassify Ehrlichia muris as Ehrlichia muris subsp. muris subsp. nov. and description of Ehrlichia muris subsp. eauclairensis subsp. nov., a newly recognized tick-borne pathogen of humans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2121-2126. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Ehrlichia muris Wen et al. 1995
Assigned by:
Pritt BS, Allerdice MEJ, Sloan LM, Paddock CD, Munderloh UG, Rikihisa Y, Tajima T, Paskewitz SM, Neitzel DF, Hoang Johnson DK, et al. Proposal to reclassify Ehrlichia muris as Ehrlichia muris subsp. muris subsp. nov. and description of Ehrlichia muris subsp. eauclairensis subsp. nov., a newly recognized tick-borne pathogen of humans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2121-2126.
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Record number: 795534
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