Name: Mycoplana rhizolycopersici (Thin et al. 2024) Ma et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhizobium rhizolycopersici Thin et al. 2024

Etymology: rhi.zo.ly.co.per’si.ci. Gr. fem. n. rhiza, a root; N.L. gen. neut. n. lycopersici, of Solanum lycopersicum, the scientific name of the tomato; N.L. gen. neut. n. rhizolycopersici, of tomato roots

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ACCC 61707; CICC 24887; DBTS2; JCM 34245

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT703880 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 219. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Rhizobium rhizolycopersici Thin et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhizobium rhizolycopersici Thin et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 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.
  • ❗ Mycoplana rhizolycopersici is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Mycoplana.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-14.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: 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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Record number: 53934