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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Neorhizobium tunisiense

Name: Neorhizobium tunisiense Sbissi et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tu.ni.si.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. tunisiense, of or pertaining to Tunisia, the country where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: tu-ni-si-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.65424; DSM 119302; HAMBI 3839; IRAMC 0178

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PP411537 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sbissi I, Boussoufa D, Kammoun I, Hamra R, Dali H, Tarhouni M, Gtari M. Description of Neorhizobium tunisiense sp. nov., reclassification of Neorhizobium xiangyangii as Pseudorhizobium xiangyangii comb. nov. and proposal of Terrirhizobium terrae gen. nov., comb. nov. to accommodate the divergent species Aliirhizobium terrae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6912.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Neorhizobium Mousavi et al. 2015

Assigned by: Sbissi I, Boussoufa D, Kammoun I, Hamra R, Dali H, Tarhouni M, Gtari M. Description of Neorhizobium tunisiense sp. nov., reclassification of Neorhizobium xiangyangii as Pseudorhizobium xiangyangii comb. nov. and proposal of Terrirhizobium terrae gen. nov., comb. nov. to accommodate the divergent species Aliirhizobium terrae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6912.

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Record number: 67445
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