Name: Mycoplana azooxidifex (Behrendt et al. 2016) Kuzmanović et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhizobium azooxidifex Behrendt et al. 2016

Etymology: a.zo.o.xi’di.fex. N.L. neut. n. azooxidum, dinitrogenmonoxide; L. masc. n. suff. -fex, the maker; N.L. masc. n. azooxidifex, the dinitrogenmonoxide maker (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: a-zo-o-XI-di-fex, feminine

Type strain: DSM 100211; LMG 28788; Po 20/26

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN832063 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kuzmanovic N, Fagorzi C, Mengoni A, Lassalle F, diCenzo GC. Taxonomy of Rhizobiaceae revisited: proposal of a new framework for genus delimitation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5243.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhizobium azooxidifex Behrendt et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06935 (N = 15).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Mycoplana Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kuzmanovic N, Fagorzi C, Mengoni A, Lassalle F, diCenzo GC. Taxonomy of Rhizobiaceae revisited: proposal of a new framework for genus delimitation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5243.

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Record number: 29158