Name: Rickettsia conorii subsp. indica Zhu et al. 2020

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.ca. L. fem. adj. indica, from India, where the Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick providing the first isolate was collected

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rik-KETT-si-a ko-NO-ri-i IN-di-ka, feminine

Type strain: ATCC VR-597; CRIRC RCO005; CSUR R116; Indian tick typhus; Indian Tick Typhus rickettsia

16S rRNA gene: L36107 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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. 🇫🇷

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)

Risk group: 3

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 3, 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: 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: 15278