Name: Rickettsia conorii subsp. heilongjiangensis (Fournier et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Fournier et al. 2006

Etymology: hei.long.jiang.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. heilongjiangensis, from Heilongjiang, the Chinese province where the D. silvarum tick providing the first isolate was collected

Pronunciation, gender: he͡i-lon͡g-jian͡g-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC VR-1524; CSUR 54; HLJ-054; Strain 054

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF178037 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 196. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5596-5601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Fournier et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    "Rickettsia heilongjiangii" Zhang et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03261 (N = 1).
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Fournier et al. 2006, which has a risk group (Belgium) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Fournier et al. 2006, which has a risk group (Canada) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Fournier et al. 2006, which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Fournier et al. 2006, which has a risk group (France) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis Fournier et al. 2006, which has a risk group (United Kingdom) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🙆 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: Rickettsia conorii corrig. Brumpt 1932 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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Record number: 13660