Species Rhizobium wenxiniae

Name: Rhizobium wenxiniae Gao et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wen.xi’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. wenxiniae, of Wen-xin, to honour Wen-xin Chen, a respected rhizobial taxonomist, for her great contributions to the investigation and taxonomy of rhizobial resources in China

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: r^hi-ZO-bi-um wen-XI-ni-a͡e, neuter

Type strain: 166; CGMCC 1.15279; DSM 100734

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KR610521 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gao JL, Sun P, Wang XM, Lv FY, Mao XJ, Sun JG. Rhizobium wenxiniae sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from maize root. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2798-2803. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Aliirhizobium wenxiniae corrig. (Gao et al. 2017) Ma et al. 2026

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alirhizobium wenxiniae (Gao et al. 2017) Ma et al. 2026	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Aliirhizobium wenxiniae corrig. (Gao et al. 2017) Ma et al. 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Rhizobium wenxiniae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Rhizobium.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gao JL, Sun P, Wang XM, Lv FY, Mao XJ, Sun JG. Rhizobium wenxiniae sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from maize root. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2798-2803. 🇨🇳

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