Name: Ochrobactrum tritici Lebuhn et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tri’ti.ci. L. gen. neut. n. tritici, from Triticum, generic name for wheat, from which the strains were isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 47104; DSM 13340; LMG 18957; NBRC 102585; SCII24

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681865 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lebuhn M, Achouak W, Schloter M, Berge O, Meier H, Barakat M, Hartmann A, Heulin T. Taxonomic characterization of Ochrobactrum sp. isolates from soil samples and wheat roots, and description of Ochrobactrum tritici sp. nov. and Ochrobactrum grignonense sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2207-2223.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Brucella tritici (Lebuhn et al. 2000) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brucella tritici (Lebuhn et al. 2000) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Ochrobactrum tritici 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 Ochrobactrum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 29 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Ochrobactrum Holmes et al. 1988

Assigned by: Lebuhn M, Achouak W, Schloter M, Berge O, Meier H, Barakat M, Hartmann A, Heulin T. Taxonomic characterization of Ochrobactrum sp. isolates from soil samples and wheat roots, and description of Ochrobactrum tritici sp. nov. and Ochrobactrum grignonense sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2207-2223.

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