Species Neorhizobium alkalisoli

Name: Neorhizobium alkalisoli (Lu et al. 2009) Mousavi et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhizobium alkalisoli Lu et al. 2009

Etymology: al.ka.li’so.li. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (from Arabic al-qaliy) (indeclinable); L. neut. n. solum, soil (can be noun or adjective); N.L. gen. neut. n. alkalisoli, of alkaline soil, referring to the fact that the bacterium was isolated from Caragana intermedia grown in saline-alkali soil

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ne-o-r^hi-ZO-bi-um al-ka-LI-so-li, neuter

Type strain: CCBAU 1393; DSM 21826; HAMBI 3051; LMG 24763

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU074168 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mousavi SA, Osterman J, Wahlberg N, Nesme X, Lavire C, Vial L, Paulin L, de Lajudie P, Lindstrom K. Phylogeny of the Rhizobium-Allorhizobium-Agrobacterium clade supports the delineation of Neorhizobium gen. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:208-215. 🇫🇮

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 161. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhizobium alkalisoli Lu et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 6 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Neorhizobium Mousavi et al. 2015

Assigned by: Mousavi SA, Osterman J, Wahlberg N, Nesme X, Lavire C, Vial L, Paulin L, de Lajudie P, Lindstrom K. Phylogeny of the Rhizobium-Allorhizobium-Agrobacterium clade supports the delineation of Neorhizobium gen. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:208-215. 🇫🇮

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