Name: Limoniibacter endophyticus Li et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.do.phy’ti.cus. Gr. pref. endo-, within; Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. endophyticus, within plant, endophytic, pertaining to the original isolation from plant tissues

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2014130; CGMCC 1.12906; JCM 30141; KCTC 42097; YIM 690229

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16S rRNA gene: KM243752 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Li L, Osman G, Salam N, Mohamed OA, Jiao J, Ma J, Asem MD, Xiao M, Li WJ. Limoniibacter endophyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from the roots of Limonium otolepis. Arch Microbiol 2018; 200:663-670.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 185. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:5-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Limoniibacter Li et al. 2019. Publication: Li L, Osman G, Salam N, Mohamed OA, Jiao J, Ma J, Asem MD, Xiao M, Li WJ. Limoniibacter endophyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from the roots of Limonium otolepis. Arch Microbiol 2018; 200:663-670.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species and genus affiliate away from the Hyphomicrobiaceae, and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Limoniibacter Li et al. 2019

Assigned by: Li L, Osman G, Salam N, Mohamed OA, Jiao J, Ma J, Asem MD, Xiao M, Li WJ. Limoniibacter endophyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from the roots of Limonium otolepis. Arch Microbiol 2018; 200:663-670.

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