Name: Agromonas oligotrophica Ohta and Hattori 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.li.go.tro’phi.ca. Gr. masc. adj. oligos, little, small, few; N.L. fem. adj. trophica, nursing, tending or feeding; from Gr. fem. adj. trophikê; N.L. fem. adj. oligotrophica, eating low nutrients

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43045; DSM 12412; Hattori strain S58; JCM 1494; LMG 10732

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D78366 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ohta H, Hattori T. Agromonas oligotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing oligotrophic bacterium. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1983; 49:429-446.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Bradyrhizobium oligotrophicum (Ohta and Hattori 1985) Ramírez-Bahena et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bradyrhizobium oligotrophicum (Ohta and Hattori 1985) Ramírez-Bahena et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Agromonas Ohta and Hattori 1985. Publication: Ohta H, Hattori T. Agromonas oligotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing oligotrophic bacterium. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1983; 49:429-446.
  • ❗ Agromonas oligotrophica 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 Agromonas.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Agromonas Ohta and Hattori 1985

Assigned by: Ohta H, Hattori T. Agromonas oligotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing oligotrophic bacterium. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1983; 49:429-446.

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Record number: 772978