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Genus Rhizomicrobium
Name: Rhizomicrobium Ueki et al. 2010
Etymology: Rhi.zo.mi.cro’bi.um. Gr. fem. n. rhiza, a root; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Rhizomicrobium, microbe living in a root or rhizosphere
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Rhizomicrobi-), rhi-zo-mi-KRO-bi-um
Type species: Rhizomicrobium palustre Ueki et al. 2010
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Ueki A, Kodama Y, Kaku N, Shiromura T, Satoh A, Watanabe K, Ueki K. Rhizomicrobium palustre gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, fermentative stalked bacterium in the class Alphaproteobacteria isolated from rice plant roots. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:193-203. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 136. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2509-2510.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; DSM: 2; KCTC: 1.
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🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Rhizomicrobium electricum Kodama and Watanabe 2011 validly published under the ICNP correct name Rhizomicrobium palustre Ueki et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Micropepsaceae Harbison et al. 2017
Assigned by:
Harbison AB, Price LE, Flythe MD, Brauer SL. Micropepsis pineolensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mildly acidophilic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a poor fen, and proposal of Micropepsaceae fam. nov. within Micropepsales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:839-844.
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Record number: 517698
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