Name DOI
10.1601/nm.994
Name
 Lewis et al. 1988
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
Lewis et al. 1988
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
species
Nomenclatural Type
(designated strain)
Refer to the type exemplar.
Taxonomy
Type Strain
representative organism
Proper Form
Ehrlichia equi Lewis et al. 1988
Nomenclatural History
The species Ehrlichia equi was originally described by Lewis et al. 1975. This name became validly published when it appeared on Validation List No. 25 in 1988. Dumler et al. established this name as a later heterotypic synonym of corrig. (Foggie 1949) Dumler et al. 2001 in 2001.
Citation
When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.
Name Abstract for Ehrlichia equi Lewis et al. 1988.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.994.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on August 25, 2009.

References

  1. Lewis GE, Huxsoll DL, Ristic M, Johnson AJ. Experimentally induced infection of dogs, cats, and nonhuman primates with Ehrlichia equi, etiologic agent of equine ehrlichiosis. Am J Vet Res 1975; 36:85-88. [PubMed].
  2. Dumler JS, Barbet AF, Bekker CPJ, Dasch GA, Palmer GH, Ray SC, Rikihisa Y, Rurangirwa FR. Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2145-2165. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-51-6-2145 [PubMed].
  3. List Editor. Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. List No. 25. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:220-222. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-38-2-220.