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Species Bradyrhizobium mercantei
Name: Bradyrhizobium mercantei Helene et al. 2017
Etymology: mer.can’te.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. mercantei, of Mercante, named after Dr Fábio Martins Mercante (1963-2016), an enthusiastic Brazilian microbiologist who made a remarkable contribution to biological nitrogen fixation technology
Pronunciation, gender: mer-KAN-te-i, neuter
Type strain: BR 6010; CNPSo 1165; LMG 30031; SEMIA 6399; U675
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
FJ025102
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Helene LCF, Delamuta JRM, Ribeiro RA, Hungria M. Bradyrhizobium mercantei sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing symbiont isolated from nodules of Deguelia costata (syn. Lonchocarpus costatus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1827-1834. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3137-3139.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2025-06-04.
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🧍 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: Bradyrhizobium Jordan 1982
Assigned by:
Helene LCF, Delamuta JRM, Ribeiro RA, Hungria M. Bradyrhizobium mercantei sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing symbiont isolated from nodules of Deguelia costata (syn. Lonchocarpus costatus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1827-1834.
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Record number: 795449
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