Name: Lechevalieria rhizosphaerae Zhao et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.zo.sphae’rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. rhizosphaerae, of the rhizosphere

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.7405; DSM 104541; NEAU A2

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KY744941 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhao J, Li W, Shi L, Wang H, Wang Y, Zhao Y, Xiang W, Wang X. Lechevalieria rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from rhizosphere soil of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and emended description of the genus Lechevalieria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4655-4659.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Lentzea rhizosphaerae (Zhao et al. 2017) Yang and Zhi 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lentzea rhizosphaerae (Zhao et al. 2017) Yang and Zhi 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Lechevalieria rhizosphaerae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Lechevalieria.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Lechevalieria Labeda et al. 2001

Assigned by: Zhao J, Li W, Shi L, Wang H, Wang Y, Zhao Y, Xiang W, Wang X. Lechevalieria rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from rhizosphere soil of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and emended description of the genus Lechevalieria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4655-4659.

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Record number: 796201