Name: Ehrlichia muris subsp. eauclairensis Pritt et al. 2017

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: eau.clair.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. eauclairensis, from Eau Claire, the type strain was isolated from a patient from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in 2009

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CRIRC EMU002; CSUR P2883; Wisconsin; Wisconsin_h

See detailed strain information 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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z".

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