Name: Rickettsia tamurae subsp. buchneri (Kurtti et al. 2015) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rickettsia buchneri Kurtti et al. 2015

Etymology: buch’ne.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. buchneri, of Buchner, named in honor of Dr. Paul Buchner, a German biologist who made pioneering contributions to the identification of non-pathogenic tick endosymbionts that are transovarially transmitted

Pronunciation, gender: BUK^H-ne-ri, feminine

Type strain: ATCC VR-1814; DSM 29016; ISO-7

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JFKF01000109 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. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rickettsia buchneri Kurtti et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00885 (N = 1).
  • 🙆 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Rickettsia tamurae Fournier et al. 2006

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: 11155