Name: Microvirga vignae Radl et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi’gnae N.L. gen. n. vignae, of Vigna, referring to the fact that all strains were isolated from cowpea nodules, Vigna unguiculata

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BR3299; HAMBI 3457

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX504804 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Radl V, Simoes-Araujo JL, Leite J, Passos SR, Martins LM, Xavier GR, Rumjanek NG, Baldani JI, Zilli JE. Microvirga vignae sp. nov., a root nodule symbiotic bacterium isolated from cowpea grown in semi-arid Brazil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:725-730.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • As of 2020-04-15 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

Parent taxon: Microvirga Kanso and Patel 2003

Assigned by: Radl V, Simoes-Araujo JL, Leite J, Passos SR, Martins LM, Xavier GR, Rumjanek NG, Baldani JI, Zilli JE. Microvirga vignae sp. nov., a root nodule symbiotic bacterium isolated from cowpea grown in semi-arid Brazil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:725-730.

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