Name: Rhizobacter Goto and Kuwata 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rhi.zo.bac’ter. Gr. fem. n. rhiza, a root; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod, staff; N.L. masc. n. Rhizobacter, root rod

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Rhizobacter-), r^hi-zo-BAK-ter

Type species: Rhizobacter dauci corrig. Goto and Kuwata 1988

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Goto M, Kuwata H. Rhizobacter daucus gen. nov., sp. nov., the causal agent of carrot bacterial gall. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:233-239.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Stackebrandt et al. 2009 Stackebrandt E, Verbarg S, Fruhling A, Busse HJ, Tindall BJ. Dissection of the genus Methylibium: reclassification of Methylibium fulvum as Rhizobacter fulvus comb. nov., Methylibium aquaticum as Piscinibacter aquaticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methylibium subsaxonicum as Rivibacter subsaxonicus gen. nov., comb. nov. and emended descriptions of the genera Rhizobacter and Methylibium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2552-2560. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:3-4.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Imai et al. 2013 Imai S, Yoshida R, Endo Y, Fukunaga Y, Yamazoe A, Kasai D, Masai E, Fukuda M. Rhizobacter gummiphilus sp. nov., a rubber-degrading bacterium isolated from the soil of a botanical garden in Japan. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013; 59:199-205. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 24. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2469-2470.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Oxalobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321.
  • 🧕 Stackebrandt et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the order Burkholderiales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Verbarg S, Fruhling A, Busse HJ, Tindall BJ. Dissection of the genus Methylibium: reclassification of Methylibium fulvum as Rhizobacter fulvus comb. nov., Methylibium aquaticum as Piscinibacter aquaticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methylibium subsaxonicum as Rivibacter subsaxonicus gen. nov., comb. nov. and emended descriptions of the genera Rhizobacter and Methylibium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2552-2560.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rhzzobacter". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Rhizobacteria".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 4; KCTC: 3; DSM: 3; ICMP: 2; MAFF: 2; NBRC: 2; ATCC: 2; BCC: 1; CCTCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "RHBR" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rhizobacter bergeniae Wei et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhizobacter dauci corrig. Goto and Kuwata 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhizobacter daucus Goto and Kuwata 1988	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Rhizobacter fulvus (Yoon et al. 2007) Stackebrandt et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhizobacter gummiphilus Imai et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Rhizobacter profundi Jin et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Goto M, Kuwata H. Rhizobacter daucus gen. nov., sp. nov., the causal agent of carrot bacterial gall. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:233-239.

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