Name: Mangrovibacter plantisponsor Rameshkumar et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: plan.ti.spon’sor. L. fem. n. planta, plant; L. masc. n. sponsor, sponsor, guarantor; N.L. masc. n. plantisponsor, sponsor of plants, referring to the potentially plant-beneficial properties of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: man-gro-wi-BAK-ter plan-ti-SPON-sor, masculine

Type strain: DSM 19579; LMG 24236; MSSRF40

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16S rRNA gene: EF643377 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rameshkumar N, Lang E, Nair S. Mangrovibacter plantisponsor gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from a mangrove-associated wild rice (Porteresia coarctata Tateoka). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:179-186. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mangrovibacter Rameshkumar et al. 2010. Publication: Rameshkumar N, Lang E, Nair S. Mangrovibacter plantisponsor gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from a mangrove-associated wild rice (Porteresia coarctata Tateoka). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:179-186. 🇮🇳
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Mangrovibacter Rameshkumar et al. 2010

Assigned by: Rameshkumar N, Lang E, Nair S. Mangrovibacter plantisponsor gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from a mangrove-associated wild rice (Porteresia coarctata Tateoka). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:179-186. 🇮🇳

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