Name: Ensifer glycinis Yan et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gly.ci’nis. N.L. gen. fem. n. glycinis, of the botanical genus Glycine, the soybean, named for its nodulation characteristics and symbiotic genes [probably better: glycines]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCBAU 23380; HAMBI 3645; LMG 29231

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ556384 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yan H, Yan J, Sui XH, Wang ET, Chen WX, Zhang XX, Chen WF. Ensifer glycinis sp. nov., a rhizobial species associated with species of the genus Glycine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2910-2916.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sinorhizobium glycinis (Yan 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. — 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 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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: Yan H, Yan J, Sui XH, Wang ET, Chen WX, Zhang XX, Chen WF. Ensifer glycinis sp. nov., a rhizobial species associated with species of the genus Glycine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2910-2916.

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