Name: Herbihabitans rhizosphaerae Zhang et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.zo.sphae’rae. Gr. fem. n. rhiza, a root; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, ball, sphere; N.L. gen. fem. n. rhizosphaerae, of the rhizosphere, referring to the site from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CPCC 204279; DSM 101727; NBRC 111774

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX128908 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang CF, Ai MJ, Wang JX, Liu SW, Zhao LL, Su J, Sun CH, Yu LY, Zhang YQ. Herbihabitans rhizosphaerae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Pseudonocardiaceae isolated from rhizosphere soil of the herb Limonium sinense (Girard). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4156-4161.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Herbihabitans Zhang et al. 2016. Publication: Zhang CF, Ai MJ, Wang JX, Liu SW, Zhao LL, Su J, Sun CH, Yu LY, Zhang YQ. Herbihabitans rhizosphaerae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Pseudonocardiaceae isolated from rhizosphere soil of the herb Limonium sinense (Girard). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4156-4161.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Herbihabitans Zhang et al. 2016

Assigned by: Zhang CF, Ai MJ, Wang JX, Liu SW, Zhao LL, Su J, Sun CH, Yu LY, Zhang YQ. Herbihabitans rhizosphaerae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Pseudonocardiaceae isolated from rhizosphere soil of the herb Limonium sinense (Girard). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4156-4161.

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