Name: Azoarcus rhizosphaerae Lin et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.zo.sphae’rae. Gr. fem. n. rhiza, root; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra (gen. sphaîras), ball, sphere; N.L. gen. fem. n. rhizosphaerae, from the rhizosphere

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 81060; CC-YHH848; JCM 32002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY860534 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lin SY, Hameed A, Tsai CF, Huang GH, Hsu YH, Young CC. Description of Azoarcus nasutitermitis sp. nov. and Azoarcus rhizosphaerae sp. nov., two nitrogen-fixing species isolated from termite nest and rhizosphere of Ficus religiosa. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:933-946.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 196. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5596-5601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudothauera rhizosphaerae (Lin et al. 2020) Huang et al. 2022

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudothauera rhizosphaerae (Lin et al. 2020) Huang et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Azoarcus rhizosphaerae 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 Azoarcus.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Azoarcus Reinhold-Hurek et al. 1993

Assigned by: Lin SY, Hameed A, Tsai CF, Huang GH, Hsu YH, Young CC. Description of Azoarcus nasutitermitis sp. nov. and Azoarcus rhizosphaerae sp. nov., two nitrogen-fixing species isolated from termite nest and rhizosphere of Ficus religiosa. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:933-946.

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Record number: 7465