Species ***Microbacterium* *azadirachtae***

Name: Microbacterium azadirachtae Madhaiyan et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.za.di.rach’tae. N.L. fem. n. Azadirachta, a botanical genus name; N.L. gen. fem. n. azadirachtae, of Azadirachta, isolated from Azadirachta indica

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-bak-TE-ri-um a-za-di-RAK^H-ta͡e, neuter

Type strain: AI-S262; DSM 23848; JCM 15681; KCTC 19668; LMG 24772

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU912487 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S, Lee JS, Lee KC, Saravanan VS, Santhanakrishnan P. Microbacterium azadirachtae sp. nov., a plant-growth-promoting actinobacterium isolated from the rhizoplane of neem seedlings. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1687-1692. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2261-2262.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08275 (N = 51).
- 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Microbacterium Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S, Lee JS, Lee KC, Saravanan VS, Santhanakrishnan P. Microbacterium azadirachtae sp. nov., a plant-growth-promoting actinobacterium isolated from the rhizoplane of neem seedlings. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1687-1692. 🇮🇳

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Species Microbacterium azadirachtae

Species ***Microbacterium* *azadirachtae***