Name: Herbaspirillum frisingense Kirchhof et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fri.sin.gen’se. N.L. neut. adj. frisingense, of Frisinga, now known as Freising, a town in Germany where the Spartina pectinata and Miscanthus spp. plants were grown from which the organisms were first isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 47444; DSM 13128; GSF 30; JCM 21445; NBRC 102522

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ238358 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kirchhof G, Eckert B, Stoffels M, Baldani JI, Reis VM, Hartmann A. Herbaspirillum frisingense sp. nov., a new nitrogen-fixing bacterial species that occurs in C4-fibre plants. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:157-168.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.17888 (N = 15).
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 18 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published, because the original publication makes reference to the deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Herbaspirillum frisingense Kirchhof et al. 2001 is considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Parent taxon: Herbaspirillum Baldani et al. 1986

Assigned by: Kirchhof G, Eckert B, Stoffels M, Baldani JI, Reis VM, Hartmann A. Herbaspirillum frisingense sp. nov., a new nitrogen-fixing bacterial species that occurs in C4-fibre plants. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:157-168.

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