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Species Azoarcus rhizosphaerae
Name: Azoarcus rhizosphaerae Lin et al. 2020
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
Pronunciation, gender: rhi-zo-SPHA͡E-ra͡e, 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
Correct name: Pseudothauera rhizosphaerae (Lin et al. 2020) Huang et al. 2022
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Pseudothauera rhizosphaerae (Lin et al. 2020) Huang et al. 2022 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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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 2025-06-04.
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
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