
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.10166
Name	Rickettsia tamurae Fournier et al. 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Fournier et al. 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Preferred Name	Rickettsia tamurae tamurae
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.10166
Type Strain representative organism	AT-1^T (=CSUR R1 =ATCC VR-1594)


Proper Form	Rickettsia tamurae Fournier et al. 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Nomenclatural History	The species Rickettsia tamurae was originally described and validly published by Fournier et al. 2006. Hördt et al. published an emended description of this species in 2020. In 2020, Hördt et al. reduced this species to the rank of subspecies to form Rickettsia tamurae tamurae (Fournier et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Rickettsia tamurae Fournier et al. 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.10166.
Source File	10.1601/nm.10166.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 26, 2020.

References

Fournier PE, Takada N, Fujita H, Raoult D. Rickettsia tamurae sp. nov., isolated from Amblyomma testudinarium ticks. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1673-1675. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64134-0 [PubMed].
Hördt A, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Weinhold L-M, Gronow S, Kyrpides N, Woyke T, Schleuning M, Göker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front. Microbio. 2020; 11:468. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468 [PubMed].