Species Bacillus rhizoplanae

Name: Bacillus rhizoplanae Kämpfer et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.zo.pla’nae. Gr. fem. n. rhiza, root; L. neut. adj. planum, flat ground, surface; N.L. gen. fem. n. rhizoplanae, of the rhizoplane, the region of the root epidermis of Zea mays where soil particles and bacteria adhere [probably better: rhizoplani]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus rhi-zo-PLA-na͡e, masculine

Type strain: CCM 9090; CIP 111899; DSM 111827; JJ-63; LMG 32091

16S rRNA gene: OM391995 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Lipski A, McInroy JA, Clermont D, Criscuolo A, Glaeser SP. Bacillus rhizoplanae sp. nov. from maize roots. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5450. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5575.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Lipski A, McInroy JA, Clermont D, Criscuolo A, Glaeser SP. Bacillus rhizoplanae sp. nov. from maize roots. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5450. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 29525

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