Name: Bosea vaviloviae Safronova et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.vi.lo’vi.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. vaviloviae, of Vavilovia, botanical name of a genus of leguminous plants, referring to the host from which this species was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: BO-se-a wa-wi-LO-wi-a͡e, feminine

Type strain: LMG 28367; RCAM 2129; Vaf-18

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ721000 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Safronova VI, Kuznetsova IG, Sazanova AL, Kimeklis AK, Belimov AA, Andronov EE, Pinaev AG, Chizhevskaya EP, Pukhaev AR, Popov KP, et al. Bosea vaviloviae sp. nov., a new species of slow-growing rhizobia isolated from nodules of the relict species Vavilovia formosa (Stev.) Fed. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:911-920. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Allobosea vaviloviae (Safronova et al. 2015) Deshmukh and Oren 2026

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allobosea vaviloviae (Safronova et al. 2015) Deshmukh and Oren 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Bosea Das et al. 1996

Assigned by: Safronova VI, Kuznetsova IG, Sazanova AL, Kimeklis AK, Belimov AA, Andronov EE, Pinaev AG, Chizhevskaya EP, Pukhaev AR, Popov KP, et al. Bosea vaviloviae sp. nov., a new species of slow-growing rhizobia isolated from nodules of the relict species Vavilovia formosa (Stev.) Fed. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:911-920. 🇷🇺

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