Name: Azorhizobium doebereinerae Moreira et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: doeb’er.ein.er.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. doebereinerae, of Döbereiner, named in honour of Johanna Döbereiner, an oustanding Brazilian microbiologist (1924-2000)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: BR 5401; DSM 18977; LMG 9993; SEMIA 6401; strain UFLA1-100

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF391130 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Maria de Souza Moreira F, Cruz L, Miana de Faria S, Marsh T, Martinez-Romero E, de Oliveira Pedrosa F, Maria Pitard R, Peter W Young J. Azorhizobium doebereinerae sp. Nov. Microsymbiont of Sesbania virgata (Caz.) Pers. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:197-206.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 110. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1459-1460.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Azorhizobium Dreyfus et al. 1988

Assigned by: Maria de Souza Moreira F, Cruz L, Miana de Faria S, Marsh T, Martinez-Romero E, de Oliveira Pedrosa F, Maria Pitard R, Peter W Young J. Azorhizobium doebereinerae sp. Nov. Microsymbiont of Sesbania virgata (Caz.) Pers. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:197-206.

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Record number: 785245