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

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: is.ra.el.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. israelensis, from Israel, where the Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick providing the first isolate was collected

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CDC1; CRIRC RCO001; CSUR R119; ISTT CDC1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L36223 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: 15279