Name: Marinobacterium rhizophilum Kim et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.zo.phi’lum. Gr. fem. n. rhiza, root; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. rhizophilum, root-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CL-YJ9; DSM 18822; KCCM 42386

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF192391 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim YG, Jin YA, Hwang CY, Cho BC. Marinobacterium rhizophilum sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of the coastal tidal-flat plant Suaeda japonica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:164-167.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08123 (N = 24).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Marinobacterium González et al. 1997

Assigned by: Kim YG, Jin YA, Hwang CY, Cho BC. Marinobacterium rhizophilum sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of the coastal tidal-flat plant Suaeda japonica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:164-167.

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