J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Rickettsiella
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Number of species cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Rickettsiella Philip 1956, genus.
Type species: ¤ Rickettsiella popilliae (Dutky and Gooden 1952) Philip 1956 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Rickettsia, genus of parasitic bacteria; L. fem. dim. ending -ella; N.L. fem. dim. n. Rickettsiella, small Rickettsia.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [PHILIP (C.B.): Comments on the classification of the order Rickettsiales. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 1956, 2, 261-270.]
Rickettsiella chironomi (ex Weiser 1963) Weiss et al. 1984, sp. nov., nom. rev.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): no culture isolated.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not available.
Synonym: "Rickettsiella chironomi" Weiser 1963.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. chironomi, of Chironomus, the generic name of the midge, one of its hosts.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 15. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 355-357. [WEISS (E.), DASCH (G.A.) and CHANG (K.P.): Genus Rickettsiella. In: N.R. KRIEG and J.G. HOLT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1984, pp. 713-717.]
Rickettsiella grylli (ex Vago and Martoja 1963) Weiss et al. 1984, sp. nov., nom. rev.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): no culture isolated.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not available.
Synonym: "Rickettsiella grylli" Vago and Martoja 1963.
Etymology: L. n. gryllus, cricket, and also a zoological genus name; L. gen. n. grylli, of Gryllus, the generic name of the cricket, one of its hosts.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 15. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 355-357. [WEISS (E.), DASCH (G.A.) and CHANG (K.P.): Genus Rickettsiella. In: N.R. KRIEG and J.G. HOLT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1984, pp. 713-717.]
Rickettsiella popilliae (Dutky and Gooden 1952) Philip 1956, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): no culture isolated.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not available.
Synonym: "Coxiella popilliae" Dutky and Gooden 1952.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. popilliae, of Popillia, the generic name of the Japanese beetle, one of its hosts.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [1 DUTKY (S.R.) and GOODEN (E.L.): Coxiella popilliae, n. sp., a rickettsia causing blue disease of Japanese beetle larvae. Journal of Bacteriology, 1952, 63, 743-750. 2 PHILIP (C.B.): Comments on the classification of the order Rickettsiales. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 1956, 2, 261-270.]
Rickettsiella stethorae Hall and Badgley 1957, species.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): no culture isolated.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not available.
Synonym: "Enterella stethorae" (Hall and Badgley 1957) Krieg 1961.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. stethorae, of Stethorus, isolated from several species of beetles of the genus Stethorus.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [HALL (I.M.) and BADGLEY (M.E.): A Rickettsial disease of larvae of species of Stethorus caused by Rickettsiella stethorae, n. sp. Journal of Bacteriology, 1957, 74, 452-455.]
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