Name: Phyllobacterium meliloti Bromfield et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.li.lo’ti. N.L. gen. masc. n. meliloti, of the plant genus Melilotus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … me-li-LO-ti, neuter

Type strain: HAMBI 3765; LMG 32641; T1293

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16S rRNA gene: EU928869 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bromfield ESP, Cloutier S, Hynes MF. Characterization of Phyllobacterium spp. isolated from root nodules of Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) grown in Canada and description of Phyllobacterium meliloti sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6876. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6926.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.25222 (N = 24).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-08-12.

Parent taxon: Phyllobacterium (ex Knösel 1962) Knösel 1984

Assigned by: Bromfield ESP, Cloutier S, Hynes MF. Characterization of Phyllobacterium spp. isolated from root nodules of Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) grown in Canada and description of Phyllobacterium meliloti sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6876. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 66950