Name: Aliirhizobium terrae Lin et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the earth, the type strain was isolated from soil sample

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-li-i-r^hi-ZO-bi-um TER-ra͡e, neuter

Type strain: BCRC 81364; CC-CFT758; JCM 35482

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Effective publication: Lin SY, Lin TY, Hameed A, Tsai CF, Young CC. Description of Aliirhizobium terrae sp. nov., A Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Isolated from a Maize-Rice Rotation Agriculture Field. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:328. 🇹🇼

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Terrirhizobium terrae (Lin et al. 2025) Sbissi et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-02-10.

Parent taxon: Aliirhizobium corrig. Ma et al. 2024

Assigned by: Lin SY, Lin TY, Hameed A, Tsai CF, Young CC. Description of Aliirhizobium terrae sp. nov., A Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Isolated from a Maize-Rice Rotation Agriculture Field. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:328. 🇹🇼

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