Name: Noviherbaspirillum autotrophicum Ishii et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.to.tro’phi.cum. Gr. masc. pron. autos, self; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending, or feeding; N.L. neut. adj. autotrophicum, self-nursing or self-feeding, i.e. able to grow with carbon dioxide as a sole carbon source

Pronunciation, gender: a͡u-to-TRO-p^hi-kum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 25787; JCM 17723; TSA66

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB542418 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ishii S, Ashida N, Ohno H, Segawa T, Yabe S, Otsuka S, Yokota A, Senoo K. Noviherbaspirillum denitrificans sp. nov., a denitrifying bacterium isolated from rice paddy soil and Noviherbaspirillum autotrophicum sp. nov., a denitrifying, facultatively autotrophic bacterium isolated from rice paddy soil and proposal to reclassify Herbaspirillum massiliense as Noviherbaspirillum massiliense comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1841-1848.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3137-3139.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01008 (N = 5).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Noviherbaspirillum Lin et al. 2013

Assigned by: Ishii S, Ashida N, Ohno H, Segawa T, Yabe S, Otsuka S, Yokota A, Senoo K. Noviherbaspirillum denitrificans sp. nov., a denitrifying bacterium isolated from rice paddy soil and Noviherbaspirillum autotrophicum sp. nov., a denitrifying, facultatively autotrophic bacterium isolated from rice paddy soil and proposal to reclassify Herbaspirillum massiliense as Noviherbaspirillum massiliense comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1841-1848.

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Record number: 795434