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Species and subspecies

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No. of matching species/subspecies etc: 3IdNo. of
basepairs
16S rRNA
ACC-No
rRNA
op.
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    Rickettsia helvetica2281 369 927CM001467 (region 522930-524428)12023-03-22
    Rickettsia prowazekii1461 111 523AJ23527212023-03-22
    Rickettsia rickettsii441 257 710L3621712023-03-22

News

New names of bacterial phyla

The taxonomic category phylum was previously not regulated by the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP), but now this has changed and it was decided to revise the names of bacterial phyla. All phyla must be written in italics (which has been done on VetBact also before) and have the ending -ota.

Published 2023-03-01. Read more...
The taxonomy of chlamydias

Species within the family Chlamydiaceae were previously divided into two genera Chlamydia and Chlamydophila. However, the differences between these two genera were not that great and many research groups have not accepted this division. Therefore, the genus Chlamydophila has been returned to the genus Chlamydia and this change has now been incorporated in VetBact

Published 2023-03-15. Read more...

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