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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Ensifer aridi"

Name: "Ensifer aridi" Le Quere et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’ri.di. L. gen. neut. n. aridi, dryness

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … A-ri-di, masculine

Nomenclatural type: HAMBI 3707; LMG 31426; LMR001

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16S rRNA gene: KP993276 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Le Quere A, Tak N, Gehlot HS, Lavire C, Meyer T, Chapulliot D, Rathi S, Sakrouhi I, Rocha G, Rohmer M, et al. Genomic characterization of Ensifer aridi, a proposed new species of nitrogen-fixing rhizobium recovered from Asian, African and American deserts. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:85. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Ensifer aridi Rocha et al. 2024

Parent taxon: Ensifer Casida 1982

Assigned by: Le Quere A, Tak N, Gehlot HS, Lavire C, Meyer T, Chapulliot D, Rathi S, Sakrouhi I, Rocha G, Rohmer M, et al. Genomic characterization of Ensifer aridi, a proposed new species of nitrogen-fixing rhizobium recovered from Asian, African and American deserts. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:85. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 43064
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