Common Names
Common Names in English:
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Rmsf)
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Bacteria
(
)
- Phylum:
Proteobacteria
()
- Class:
Alphaproteobacteria
()
- Order:
Rickettsiales
()
- Family:
Noctuoidea
()
- Genus:
Rickettsia
()
- da Rocha-Lima, 1916, nom. cons.
- Specific descriptor:
rickettsii
- (Wolbach 1919) Brumpt 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)
- Scientific name: - Rickettsia rickettsii (Wolbach 1919) Brumpt 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)
- Specific descriptor:
rickettsii
- (Wolbach 1919) Brumpt 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)
- Genus:
Rickettsia
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Rickettsiales
(
- Class:
Alphaproteobacteria
(
- Phylum:
Proteobacteria
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Dermacentroxenus rickettsii Wolbach 1919
- Rickettsia rickettsi (Wolbach) Brumpt 1922
- Rickettsia rickettsii (Wolbach 1919) Brumpt 1922
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Garrity G.M., Nov-2006
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rickettsia
There are approximately 47 species in this genus:
R. aeschlimannii · R. africae · R. akamushi · R. akari · R. australis · R. bellii · R. bovis · R. burneti · R. canada · R. canadensis · R. canis · R. conori · R. conorii · R. diaporica · R. felis · R. heilongjiangensis · R. helvetica · R. honei · R. japonica · R. lectularia · R. massiliae · R. melophagi · R. montana · R. montanensis · R. mooseri · R. orientalis · R. parkeri · R. peacockii · R. pediculi · R. phagocytophila · R. prowazeki · R. prowazekii · R. psittaci · R. quintana · R. rhipicephali · R. rickettsi · R. rickettsii (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Rmsf)) · R. ruminantium · R. sibirica · R. slovaca · R. tamurae · R. trachomae · R. trachomatis · R. tsutsugamuchi · R. typhi · R. weigli · R. wolhynica
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Notes
Contributors
- BIOS
- Bacteriology Insight Orienting System 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 09, 2007:
- Avian Knowledge Network, Hawk Migration Association of North America - HawkCount
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
- Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3866005
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: BIO-nm.970
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 11842
