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

Gender: 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.

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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