Name: Pararhizobium antarcticum Naqvi et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.cum. L. neut. adj. antarcticum, referring to the location from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 59; DSM 103442; LMG 29675; NAQVI 59

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16S rRNA gene: LSRP01000156 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Naqvi SU, Qin Y, Tahir A, Stougaard P. Pararhizobium antarcticum sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic water samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1650-1655.

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 risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by 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.

Parent taxon: Pararhizobium Mousavi et al. 2016

Assigned by: Naqvi SU, Qin Y, Tahir A, Stougaard P. Pararhizobium antarcticum sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic water samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1650-1655.

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Record number: 795432