Name: Phyllobacterium zundukense Safronova et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: zun.du.ken’se. N.L. neut. adj. zundukense, pertaining to Zunduk Cape (the Baikal Lake region, Russian Federation), where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: LMG 30371; RCAM 3910; Tri-48

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX426256 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Safronova VI, Sazanova AL, Kuznetsova IG, Belimov AA, Andronov EE, Chirak ER, Popova JP, Verkhozina AV, Willems A, Tikhonovich IA. Phyllobacterium zundukense sp. nov., a novel species of rhizobia isolated from root nodules of the legume species Oxytropis triphylla (Pall.) Pers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1644-1651.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2413-2415.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Phyllobacterium (ex Knösel 1962) Knösel 1984

Assigned by: Safronova VI, Sazanova AL, Kuznetsova IG, Belimov AA, Andronov EE, Chirak ER, Popova JP, Verkhozina AV, Willems A, Tikhonovich IA. Phyllobacterium zundukense sp. nov., a novel species of rhizobia isolated from root nodules of the legume species Oxytropis triphylla (Pall.) Pers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1644-1651.

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Record number: 797691