Name: Oharaeibacter diazotrophicus Lv et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.a.zo.tro’phi.cus. Gr. adv. dis, two, double (also Latin adjective); French masc. n. azote, nitrogen; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending, or feeding; N.L. masc. adj. diazotrophicus, feeding on dinitrogen, diazotrophic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … di-a-zo-TRO-p^hi-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 102969; NBRC 111955; SM30

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16S rRNA gene: LC153750 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lv H, Masuda S, Fujitani Y, Sahin N, Tani A. Oharaeibacter diazotrophicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a diazotrophic and facultatively methylotrophic bacterium, isolated from rice rhizosphere. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:576-582. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1621-1622.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oharaeibacter Lv et al. 2017. Publication: Lv H, Masuda S, Fujitani Y, Sahin N, Tani A. Oharaeibacter diazotrophicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a diazotrophic and facultatively methylotrophic bacterium, isolated from rice rhizosphere. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:576-582. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Oharaeibacter Lv et al. 2017

Assigned by: Lv H, Masuda S, Fujitani Y, Sahin N, Tani A. Oharaeibacter diazotrophicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a diazotrophic and facultatively methylotrophic bacterium, isolated from rice rhizosphere. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:576-582. 🇯🇵

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