Name: Peteryoungia aggregata (Hirsch and Müller 1986) Kuzmanović et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Blastobacter aggregatus Hirsch and Müller 1986

Etymology: ag.gre.ga’ta. L. fem. part. adj. aggregata, joined together, referring to the frequent formation of rosettes

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43293; DSM 111; DSM 1111; IFAM 1003; LMG 23059; Müller 161; Strain Miiller 161; VKM B-2061

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X73041 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kuzmanovic N, Fagorzi C, Mengoni A, Lassalle F, diCenzo GC. Taxonomy of Rhizobiaceae revisited: proposal of a new framework for genus delimitation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5243.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhizobium aggregatum (Hirsch and Müller 1986) Kaur et al. 2011

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhizobium aggregatum (Hirsch and Müller 1986) Kaur et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Blastobacter aggregatus Hirsch and Müller 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Peteryoungia aggregata is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Peteryoungia.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Peteryoungia Rahi et al. 2021

Assigned by: Kuzmanovic N, Fagorzi C, Mengoni A, Lassalle F, diCenzo GC. Taxonomy of Rhizobiaceae revisited: proposal of a new framework for genus delimitation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5243.

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Record number: 16199