Name: "Pararhizobium gei" (Shi et al. 2016) De Lajudie and Young 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhizobium gei Shi et al. 2016

Etymology: ge’i. N.L. gen. neut. n. gei, of the plant genus Geum, referring to the host of origin for the bacterium

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2013015; KCTC 32301; LMG 27603; ZFJT-2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF551166 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: de Lajudie PM, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee for the Taxonomy of Rhizobium and Agrobacterium Minutes of the meeting, Budapest, 25 August 2016. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2485-2494.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Rhizobium gei Shi et al. 2016

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pararhizobium gei" (Shi et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Rhizobium gei Shi et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧍 Regarded as not validly published. While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

Parent taxon: Pararhizobium Mousavi et al. 2016

Assigned by: de Lajudie PM, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee for the Taxonomy of Rhizobium and Agrobacterium Minutes of the meeting, Budapest, 25 August 2016. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2485-2494.

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Record number: 42370