Name: Ochrobactrum lupini Trujillo et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu.pi’ni. L. gen. masc. n. lupini, of a lupine, referring to the isolation source of this micro-organism, nodules of Lupinus albus

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 16930; LMG 22726; LUP21; NBRC 102587

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16S rRNA gene: AB681867 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Trujillo ME, Willems A, Abril A, Planchuelo AM, Rivas R, Ludena D, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Nodulation of Lupinus albus by strains of Ochrobactrum lupini sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:1318-1327.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 110. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1459-1460.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Brucella lupini (Trujillo et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brucella lupini (Trujillo et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • According to Gazolla-Volpiano et al. (2019), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Brucella anthropi (Holmes et al. 1988) Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Gazolla Volpiano C, Hayashi Sant'Anna F, Ambrosini A, Brito Lisboa B, Kayser Vargas L, Passaglia LMP. Reclassification of Ochrobactrum lupini as a later heterotypic synonym of Ochrobactrum anthropi based on whole-genome sequence analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2312-2314.
  • According to Gazolla-Volpiano et al. (2019), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Ochrobactrum anthropi Holmes et al. 1988. Publication: Gazolla Volpiano C, Hayashi Sant'Anna F, Ambrosini A, Brito Lisboa B, Kayser Vargas L, Passaglia LMP. Reclassification of Ochrobactrum lupini as a later heterotypic synonym of Ochrobactrum anthropi based on whole-genome sequence analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2312-2314.
  • According to Hoerdt et al. (2020), this species is not a later heterotypic synonym of Brucella anthropi (Holmes et al. 1988) Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: 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.
  • According to Hoerdt et al. (2020), this species is not a later heterotypic synonym of Ochrobactrum anthropi Holmes et al. 1988. Publication: 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.
  • Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.
  • Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3315-3317.
  • Ochrobactrum lupini is the correct name 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 Ochrobactrum.
  • In the abstract of the effective publication, the type strain LMG 22726 is erroneously cited as LMG 20667. — The culture collection accession number DSM 16930 has been provided on request for validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 110. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1459-1460.
  • The noun lupinus (genitive lupini) is a Latin noun, not a neo-Latin noun as cited in the paper by Trujillo et al. 2005. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Ochrobactrum Holmes et al. 1988

Assigned by: Trujillo ME, Willems A, Abril A, Planchuelo AM, Rivas R, Ludena D, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Nodulation of Lupinus albus by strains of Ochrobactrum lupini sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:1318-1327.

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