Name: Agrobacterium salinitolerans Yan et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.ni.to’le.rans. N.L. masc. adj. salinus, salty; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. neut. part. adj. salinitolerans, salt-tolerating, referring to the fact that the bacterium was isolated from alkaline-saline soil

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-gro-bak-TE-ri-um sa-li-ni-TO-le-rans, neuter

Type strain: HAMBI 3646; LMG 29287; YIC 5082

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP142169 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yan J, Li Y, Yan H, Chen WF, Zhang X, Wang ET, Han XZ, Xie ZH. Agrobacterium salinitolerans sp. nov., a saline-alkaline-tolerant bacterium isolated from root nodule of Sesbania cannabina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1906-1911. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3137-3139.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.18075 (N = 9).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Agrobacterium Conn 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yan J, Li Y, Yan H, Chen WF, Zhang X, Wang ET, Han XZ, Xie ZH. Agrobacterium salinitolerans sp. nov., a saline-alkaline-tolerant bacterium isolated from root nodule of Sesbania cannabina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1906-1911. 🇨🇳

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