Ehrlichia ruminantium

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Alphaproteobacteria; Rickettsiales; Anaplasmataceae; Ehrlichia; canis group

Notes:

• 1) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
• 2) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
• 3) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).

Comments and References:

Dame JB et al. (1992) Dame, J.B., Mahan, S.M., Yowell, C.A. "Phylogenetic relationship of Cowdria ruminantium, agent of heartwater, to Anaplasma marginale and other members of the order Rickettsiales determined on the basis of 16S rRNA sequence." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1992) 42:270-274.

Dumler JS et al. (2001) Dumler, J.S., Barbet, A.F., Bekker, C.P.J., Dasch, G.A., Palmer, G.H., Ray, S.C., Rikihisa, Y., and Rurangirwa, F.R. "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, description 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(6):2145-2165.

Skerman VBD et al. (1980) (Cowdria ruminantium) 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. [No PubMed record available.]

van Vliet et al. (1992) van Vliet, A.H., Jongejan, F., and van der Zeijst, B.A. "Phylogenetic position of Cowdria ruminantium (Rickettsiales) determined by analysis of amplified 16S ribosomal DNA sequences." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1992) 42:494-498.

Yu XJ et al. (2001) Yu, X.J., Zhang, X.F., McBride, J.W., Zhang, Y., and Walker, D.H. "Phylogenetic relationships of Anaplasma marginale and 'Ehrlichia platys' to other Ehrlichia species determined by GroEL amino acid sequences." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2001) 51:1143-1146.