Name: Phytobacter diazotrophicus Zhang et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.a.zo.tro’phi.cus. Gr. adv. dis, two, double; N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. masc. adj. diazotrophicus, one that feeds on dinitrogen

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.5339; CGMCC 1.5539; DSM 17806; LMG 23328; LS 8

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY288669 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhang GX, Peng GX, Wang ET, Yan H, Yuan QH, Zhang W, Lou X, Wu H, Tan ZY. Diverse endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria isolated from wild rice Oryza rufipogon and description of Phytobacter diazotrophicus gen. nov. sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 2008; 189:431-439.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 175. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1095-1098.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Pillonetto et al. 2018 Pillonetto M, Arend LN, Faoro H, D'Espindula HRS, Blom J, Smits THM, Mira MT, Rezzonico F. Emended description of the genus Phytobacter, its type species Phytobacter diazotrophicus (Zhang 2008) and description of Phytobacter ursingii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:176-184. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Phytobacter Zhang et al. 2017. Publication: Zhang GX, Peng GX, Wang ET, Yan H, Yuan QH, Zhang W, Lou X, Wu H, Tan ZY. Diverse endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria isolated from wild rice Oryza rufipogon and description of Phytobacter diazotrophicus gen. nov. sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 2008; 189:431-439.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Phytobacter Zhang et al. 2017

Assigned by: Zhang GX, Peng GX, Wang ET, Yan H, Yuan QH, Zhang W, Lou X, Wu H, Tan ZY. Diverse endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria isolated from wild rice Oryza rufipogon and description of Phytobacter diazotrophicus gen. nov. sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 2008; 189:431-439.

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