Name: Ensifer alkalisoli Li et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li.so’li. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (from Arabic al-qaliy) (indeclinable); L. neut. n. solum, soil (can be noun or adjective); N.L. gen. neut. n. alkalisoli, of alkaline soil, referring to the saline-alkali soil where the bacterium was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: HAMBI 3655; LMG 29286; YIC 4027

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX668272 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li Y, Yan J, Yu B, Wang ET, Li X, Yan H, Liu W, Xie Z. Ensifer alkalisoli sp. nov. isolated from root nodules of Sesbania cannabina grown in saline-alkaline soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5294-5300.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sinorhizobium alkalisoli (Li et al. 2016) Kuzmanović et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Ensifer Casida 1982

Assigned by: Li Y, Yan J, Yu B, Wang ET, Li X, Yan H, Liu W, Xie Z. Ensifer alkalisoli sp. nov. isolated from root nodules of Sesbania cannabina grown in saline-alkaline soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5294-5300.

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