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

Gender: 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

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