
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.956
Name	Rickettsia akari Huebner et al. 1946 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Huebner et al. 1946 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Rickettsia akari
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.956
Type Strain representative organism	MK Kaplan^T (=ATCC VR-148)


Proper Form	Rickettsia akari Huebner et al. 1946 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Rickettsia akari was originally described by Huebner et al. 1946. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980.

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Rickettsia akari Huebner et al. 1946 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.956.
Source File	10.1601/nm.956.xml


This information was last reviewed on September 16, 2009.

References

Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
Huebner RJ, Jellison WL, Pomerantz C. Rickettsialpox, newly recognized rickettsial disease. IV. Isolation of a rickettsia apparently identical with the causative agent of Rickettsialpox from Allodermanyssus sanguineus, a rodent mite. Plant Health Prog 1946; 61:1677-1682.