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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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 = 16).
  • 😷 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. — 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 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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Record number: 776886