Name: Allorhizobium taibaishanense (Yao et al. 2012) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhizobium taibaishanense Yao et al. 2012

Etymology: tai.bai.sha.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. taibaishanense, of or belonging to the Taibaishan Mountains in the Shaanxi province of China, where the bacterium was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: tai-bai-s͡ha-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: 14971; ACCC 14971; CCNWSX 483; DSM 100021; HAMBI 3214

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM776997 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Allorhizobium taibaishanense" (Yao et al. 2012) Mousavi et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Rhizobium taibaishanense Yao et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Allorhizobium de Lajudie et al. 1998

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 11062