Name: Herbaspirillum robiniae Fan et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro.bi’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. robiniae, of Robinia

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2014352; HZ10; JCM 31754

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16S rRNA gene: KP276241 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fan MC, Guo YQ, Zhang LP, Zhu YM, Chen WM, Lin YB, Wei GH. Herbaspirillum robiniae sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Robinia pseudoacacia in a lead-zinc mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1300-1306. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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: Fan MC, Guo YQ, Zhang LP, Zhu YM, Chen WM, Lin YB, Wei GH. Herbaspirillum robiniae sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Robinia pseudoacacia in a lead-zinc mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1300-1306. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 797651