Name: "Pararhizobium gei" (Shi et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2024

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, refering 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: Zhang YF, Dai YN, Pu JF, Yang XF, Liu HH, Pan H, Tian Y. Pararhizobium qamdonense sp. nov., Isolated from an Alpine Soil in Tibet and the Reclassification of Rhizobium gei Shi et al. 2016 as Pararhizobium gei comb. nov. Curr Microbiol 2023; 81:44.

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) De Lajudie and Young 2017	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Rhizobium gei Shi et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Pararhizobium Mousavi et al. 2016

Assigned by: Zhang YF, Dai YN, Pu JF, Yang XF, Liu HH, Pan H, Tian Y. Pararhizobium qamdonense sp. nov., Isolated from an Alpine Soil in Tibet and the Reclassification of Rhizobium gei Shi et al. 2016 as Pararhizobium gei comb. nov. Curr Microbiol 2023; 81:44.

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Record number: 42042