Name: Herbaspirillum hiltneri Rothballer et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hilt’ne.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. hiltneri, of Hiltner, in honour of Professor Lorenz Hiltner, who coined the rhizosphere concept in 1904

Pronunciation, gender: HILT-ne-ri, neuter

Type strain: DSM 17495; LMG 23131; N3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ150563 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rothballer M, Schmid M, Klein I, Gattinger A, Grundmann S, Hartmann A. Herbaspirillum hiltneri sp. nov., isolated from surface-sterilized wheat roots. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1341-1348. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2029-2030.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03610 (N = 15).
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Herbaspirillum Baldani et al. 1986

Assigned by: Rothballer M, Schmid M, Klein I, Gattinger A, Grundmann S, Hartmann A. Herbaspirillum hiltneri sp. nov., isolated from surface-sterilized wheat roots. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1341-1348. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 776887