Name: Pararhizobium capsulatum (Hirsch and Müller 1986) Mousavi et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Blastobacter capsulatus Hirsch and Müller 1986

Etymology: cap.su.la’tum. L. fem. dim. n. capsula, a small box or chest; L. masc. adj. suff. -atus, suffix denoting provided with; N.L. neut. adj. capsulatum, with a chest, capsulated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43294; DSM 1112; DSM 112; IFAM 1004; Muller 216; Müller 216; Strain Miiller 216; VKM B-2063

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X73042 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mousavi SA, Willems A, Nesme X, de Lajudie P, Lindstrom K. Revised phylogeny of Rhizobiaceae: proposal of the delineation of Pararhizobium gen. nov., and 13 new species combinations. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:84-90.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Blastobacter capsulatus Hirsch and Müller 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication and in the IJSEM Validation List no. 172, the author of the basonym is wrongly given as Hirch (sic). Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.

Parent taxon: Pararhizobium Mousavi et al. 2016

Assigned by: Mousavi SA, Willems A, Nesme X, de Lajudie P, Lindstrom K. Revised phylogeny of Rhizobiaceae: proposal of the delineation of Pararhizobium gen. nov., and 13 new species combinations. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:84-90.

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Record number: 794716