Name: Bosea robiniae De Meyer and Willems 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro.bi’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. robiniae, of Robinia, botanical name of a genus of leguminous plants, referring to the host from which this species was first isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 61249; DSM 26672; LMG 26381; R-46070

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FR774994 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: De Meyer SE, Willems A. Multilocus sequence analysis of Bosea species and description of Bosea lupini sp. nov., Bosea lathyri sp. nov. and Bosea robiniae sp. nov., isolated from legumes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2505-2510.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:6-7.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Bosea Das et al. 1996

Assigned by: De Meyer SE, Willems A. Multilocus sequence analysis of Bosea species and description of Bosea lupini sp. nov., Bosea lathyri sp. nov. and Bosea robiniae sp. nov., isolated from legumes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2505-2510.

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Record number: 790219