Name: "Rickettsia conorii subsp. caspia" Zhu et al. 2005

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: cas’pi.a. N.L. fem. adj. caspia, from Mare Caspium, the Latin name of the Caspian sea where the disease caused by this rickettsia is endemic

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A-167; WHO A167

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L36100 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Zhu Y, Fournier PE, Eremeeva M, Raoult D. Proposal to create subspecies of Rickettsia conorii based on multi-locus sequence typing and an emended description of Rickettsia conorii. BMC Microbiol 2005; 5:11.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Rickettsia conorii corrig. Brumpt 1932 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zhu Y, Fournier PE, Eremeeva M, Raoult D. Proposal to create subspecies of Rickettsia conorii based on multi-locus sequence typing and an emended description of Rickettsia conorii. BMC Microbiol 2005; 5:11.

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Record number: 801130