Name: Hartmannibacter diazotrophicus Suarez et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.a.zo.tro’phi.cus. Gr. adv. dis, two, double; French masc. n. azote, nitrogen; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. masc. adj. diazotrophicus, feeding on dinitrogen, diazotrophic

Gender: masculine

Type strain: E19; KACC 17263; LMG 27460

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16S rRNA gene: KC567245 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Suarez C, Ratering S, Geissler-Plaum R, Schnell S. Hartmannibacter diazotrophicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a phosphate-solubilizing and nitrogen-fixing alphaproteobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere of a natural salt-meadow plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3160-3167.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hartmannibacter Suarez et al. 2014. Publication: Suarez C, Ratering S, Geissler-Plaum R, Schnell S. Hartmannibacter diazotrophicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a phosphate-solubilizing and nitrogen-fixing alphaproteobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere of a natural salt-meadow plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3160-3167.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species is a member of the Pleomorphomonadaceae but affiliates away from the type genus and is susceptible to being reclassified as a new family with Methylobrevis". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Hartmannibacter Suarez et al. 2014

Assigned by: Suarez C, Ratering S, Geissler-Plaum R, Schnell S. Hartmannibacter diazotrophicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a phosphate-solubilizing and nitrogen-fixing alphaproteobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere of a natural salt-meadow plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3160-3167.

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