Name: Metabacillus rhizosphaerae Liu et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.zo.sphae’rae. Gr. fem. n. rhiza, a root; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a ball, sphere; N.L. gen. fem. n. rhizosphaerae, of the rhizosphere

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-ta-ba-KIL-lus rhi-zo-SPHA͡E-ra͡e, masculine

Type strain: FJAT 53654; GDMCC 1.3075; JCM 35614

16S rRNA gene: OR195747 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Liu GH, Narsing Rao MP, Shi H, Chen QQ, Quadri SR, Li WJ. Description of six novel species Bacillus bruguierae sp. nov., Bacillus kandeliae sp. nov., Bacillus yunxiaonensis sp. nov., Metabacillus rhizosphaerae sp. nov., Metabacillus sediminis sp. nov. and Psychrobacillus mangrovi sp. nov., isolated from mangrove ecosystem. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6656. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6689.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Metabacillus Patel and Gupta 2020

Assigned by: Liu GH, Narsing Rao MP, Shi H, Chen QQ, Quadri SR, Li WJ. Description of six novel species Bacillus bruguierae sp. nov., Bacillus kandeliae sp. nov., Bacillus yunxiaonensis sp. nov., Metabacillus rhizosphaerae sp. nov., Metabacillus sediminis sp. nov. and Psychrobacillus mangrovi sp. nov., isolated from mangrove ecosystem. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6656. 🇨🇳

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