Name: Pseudoflavitalea rhizosphaerae Kim et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.zo.sphae’rae. Gr. fem. n. rhiza, root; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, ball, surroundings; N.L. gen. fem. n. rhizosphaerae, of the rhizosphere

Gender: feminine

Type strain: KACC 18655; NBRC 111880; T16R-265

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU379667 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim SJ, Cho H, Ahn JH, Weon HY, Seok SJ, Kim JS, Kwon SW. Pseudoflavitalea rhizosphaerae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere of tomato, and proposal to reclassify Flavitalea soli as Pseudoflavitalea soli comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4167-4171.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudoflavitalea Kim et al. 2016. Publication: Kim SJ, Cho H, Ahn JH, Weon HY, Seok SJ, Kim JS, Kwon SW. Pseudoflavitalea rhizosphaerae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere of tomato, and proposal to reclassify Flavitalea soli as Pseudoflavitalea soli comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4167-4171.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Pseudoflavitalea Kim et al. 2016

Assigned by: Kim SJ, Cho H, Ahn JH, Weon HY, Seok SJ, Kim JS, Kwon SW. Pseudoflavitalea rhizosphaerae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere of tomato, and proposal to reclassify Flavitalea soli as Pseudoflavitalea soli comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4167-4171.

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