Name: Ciceribacter selenitireducens (Hunter et al. 2008) Rahi et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhizobium selenitireducens corrig. Hunter et al. 2008

Etymology: se.le.ni.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. n. selenis, selenite; L. pres. part. reducens, converting to a different state; N.L. masc. part. adj. selenitireducens, selenite reducing, referring to the organism’s ability to reduce the selenium oxyanion selenite to elemental selenium

Pronunciation, gender: se-le-ni-ti-re-DU-kens, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1503; B 1; DSM 25018; LMG 24075; NRRL B-41997

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16S rRNA gene: EF440185 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rahi P, Khairnar M, Hagir A, Narayan A, Jain KR, Madamwar D, Pansare A, Shouche Y. Peteryoungia gen. nov. with four new species combinations and description of Peteryoungia desertarenae sp. nov., and taxonomic revision of the genus Ciceribacter based on phylogenomics of Rhizobiaceae. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:3591-3604.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 202. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5096.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Rhizobium selenitireducens corrig. Hunter et al. 2008

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paenirhizobium selenitireducens (Hunter et al. 2008) Ma et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhizobium selenitireducens corrig. Hunter et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhizobium selenireducens Hunter et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • ❗ Ciceribacter selenitireducens is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Ciceribacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Ciceribacter Kathiravan et al. 2013

Assigned by: Rahi P, Khairnar M, Hagir A, Narayan A, Jain KR, Madamwar D, Pansare A, Shouche Y. Peteryoungia gen. nov. with four new species combinations and description of Peteryoungia desertarenae sp. nov., and taxonomic revision of the genus Ciceribacter based on phylogenomics of Rhizobiaceae. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:3591-3604.

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Record number: 19953