Name: "Metarhizobium album" (Hang et al. 2025) Ma et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhizobium album Hang et al. 2025

Etymology: al’bum. L. neut. adj. album, white, referring to the white colonies of the organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-ta-r^hi-ZO-bi-um AL-bum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: CCTCC AB 2017250; KCTC 62327; NS-104

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH211390 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Ma T, Xue H, Piao C, Jiang N, Li Y. Phylogenomic reappraisal of the family Rhizobiaceae at the genus and species levels, including the description of Ectorhizobium quercum gen. nov., sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1207256. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Rhizobium album Hang et al. 2025

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhizobium album Hang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Metarhizobium" Ma et al. 2023. Publication: Ma T, Xue H, Piao C, Jiang N, Li Y. Phylogenomic reappraisal of the family Rhizobiaceae at the genus and species levels, including the description of Ectorhizobium quercum gen. nov., sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1207256. 🇨🇳
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. The phrase "validly described" is misleading. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: "Metarhizobium" Ma et al. 2023

Assigned by: Ma T, Xue H, Piao C, Jiang N, Li Y. Phylogenomic reappraisal of the family Rhizobiaceae at the genus and species levels, including the description of Ectorhizobium quercum gen. nov., sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1207256. 🇨🇳

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