Name: Parafilimonas rhizosphaerae Cho et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.zo.sphae’rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. rhizosphaerae, of the rhizosphere

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JCM 31601; KACC 18786; T16E-198

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16S rRNA gene: KX417300 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cho H, Ahn JH, Weon HY, Joa JH, Hong SB, Seok SJ, Kim JS, Kwon SW, Kim SJ. Parafilimonas rhizosphaerae sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2279-2283.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Names but not taxa can be validly published. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Parafilimonas Kim et al. 2014

Assigned by: Cho H, Ahn JH, Weon HY, Joa JH, Hong SB, Seok SJ, Kim JS, Kwon SW, Kim SJ. Parafilimonas rhizosphaerae sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2279-2283.

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Record number: 795505