Species Kineosporia rhizophila

Name: Kineosporia rhizophila Kudo et al. 1998

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.zo’phi.la. Gr. neut. n. rhizôma, root; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; N.L. fem. adj. rhizophila, roo t-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ki-ne-o-SPO-ri-a r^hi-ZO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: CIP 105754; DSM 44389; I-449; IFO 16233; JCM 9960; NBRC 16233

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB003933 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kudo T, Matsushima K, Itoh T, Sasaki J, Suzuki K. Description of four new species of the genus Kineosporia: Kineosporia succinea sp. nov., Kineosporia rhizophila sp. nov., Kineosporia mikuniensis sp. nov. and Kineosporia rhamnosa sp. nov., isolated from plant samples, and amended description of the genus Kineosporia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1245-1255. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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Parent taxon: Kineosporia Pagani and Parenti 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kudo T, Matsushima K, Itoh T, Sasaki J, Suzuki K. Description of four new species of the genus Kineosporia: Kineosporia succinea sp. nov., Kineosporia rhizophila sp. nov., Kineosporia mikuniensis sp. nov. and Kineosporia rhamnosa sp. nov., isolated from plant samples, and amended description of the genus Kineosporia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1245-1255. 🇯🇵

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