Name: Phyllobacterium endophyticum Flores-Félix et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.do.phy’ti.cum. Gr. pref. endo-, within; Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. endophyticum, within plant, endophytic, because the type strain was isolated from the interior of a plant nodule

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … en-do-P^HY-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: CECT 7949; LMG 26470; PEPV15

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16S rRNA gene: JN848778 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Flores-Felix JD, Carro L, Velazquez E, Valverde A, Cerda-Castillo E, Garcia-Fraile P, Rivas R. Phyllobacterium endophyticum sp. nov., isolated from nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:821-826. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Phyllobacterium (ex Knösel 1962) Knösel 1984

Assigned by: Flores-Felix JD, Carro L, Velazquez E, Valverde A, Cerda-Castillo E, Garcia-Fraile P, Rivas R. Phyllobacterium endophyticum sp. nov., isolated from nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:821-826. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 790589