Name: Luteibacter rhizovicinus Johansen et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.zo.vi.ci’nus. Gr. fem. n. rhiza, root; L. masc. n. vicinus, neighbouring; N.L. masc. adj. rhizovicinus, neighbouring a root, referring to the rhizosphere, soil closely related to plant roots, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1015; DSM 16549; LJ96

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16S rRNA gene: AJ580498 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Johansen JE, Binnerup SJ, Kroer N, Molbak L. Luteibacter rhizovicinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented gammaproteobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2285-2291.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Luteibacter Johansen et al. 2005. Publication: Johansen JE, Binnerup SJ, Kroer N, Molbak L. Luteibacter rhizovicinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented gammaproteobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2285-2291.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), no evidence of human infection was found for this species. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Luteibacter Johansen et al. 2005

Assigned by: Johansen JE, Binnerup SJ, Kroer N, Molbak L. Luteibacter rhizovicinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented gammaproteobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2285-2291.

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Record number: 777607