Species Duganella ginsengisoli

Name: Duganella ginsengisoli Zhang et al. 2016

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: gin.sen.gi’so.li. N.L. neut. n. ginsengum, ginseng; L. neut. n. solum, soil (can be noun or adjective); N.L. gen. neut. n. ginsengisoli, of soil of a ginseng field, the source of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: du-ga-NEL-la gin-sen-GI-so-li, feminine

Type strain: DCY 83; JCM 30745; KCTC 42409

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ186108 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang J, Kim YJ, Hoang VA, Lan Nguyen N, Wang C, Kang JP, Wang D, Yang DC. Duganella ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from ginseng soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:56-61. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Massilia ginsengisoli (Zhang et al. 2016) Lu et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Massilia ginsengisoli (Zhang et al. 2016) Lu et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudoduganella ginsengisoli (Zhang et al. 2016) Lu et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Duganella ginsengisoli 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 Duganella.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Duganella Hiraishi et al. 1997

Assigned by: Zhang J, Kim YJ, Hoang VA, Lan Nguyen N, Wang C, Kang JP, Wang D, Yang DC. Duganella ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from ginseng soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:56-61. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 793763