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Genus Terribium
Name: Terribium Li et al. 2025
Etymology: Ter.ri’bi.um. L. fem. n. terra, soil; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Terribium, a bacterium isolated from soil
Gender: neuter (stem: Terribi-)
Type species: Terribium terrae (Jung et al. 2021) Li et al. 2025
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Li Y, Guo T, Sun L, Wang ET, Young JPW, Tian CF. Phylogenomic analyses and reclassification of the Mesorhizobium complex: proposal for 9 novel genera and reclassification of 15 species. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:419. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997.
Publication:
Jung YJ, Kim HJ, Hur M. Mesorhizobium terrae sp. nov., a novel species isolated from soil in Jangsu, Korea. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1279-1287.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; JCM: 1.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997.
Publication:
Jung YJ, Kim HJ, Hur M. Mesorhizobium terrae sp. nov., a novel species isolated from soil in Jangsu, Korea. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1279-1287.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Terribium terrae (Jung et al. 2021) Li et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006
Assigned by:
Li Y, Guo T, Sun L, Wang ET, Young JPW, Tian CF. Phylogenomic analyses and reclassification of the Mesorhizobium complex: proposal for 9 novel genera and reclassification of 15 species. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:419.
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Record number: 57164
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