Species Ensifer shofinae

Name: Ensifer shofinae Chen et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: sho’fi.nae. N.L. gen. neut. n. shofinae, from Shofine, a company name, referring to the fact that the type strain of this species was isolated from root nodule of soybean grown in the farm of the company, Shandong Shofine Seed Technology Company Ltd., located in Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province of China

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: EN-si-fer S͡HO-fi-na͡e, masculine

Type strain: ACCC 19939; CCBAU 251167; HAMBI 3507; LMG 29645

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX247539 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chen WH, Yang SH, Li ZH, Zhang XX, Sui XH, Wang ET, Chen WX, Chen WF. Ensifer shofinae sp. nov., a novel rhizobial species isolated from root nodules of soybean (Glycine max). Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:144-149. 🇲🇽

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 177. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3140-3143.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sinorhizobium shofinae (Chen et al. 2017) Kuzmanović et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Ensifer Casida 1982

Assigned by: Chen WH, Yang SH, Li ZH, Zhang XX, Sui XH, Wang ET, Chen WX, Chen WF. Ensifer shofinae sp. nov., a novel rhizobial species isolated from root nodules of soybean (Glycine max). Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:144-149. 🇲🇽

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