Name: Pseudorhizobium flavum (Gu et al. 2014) Lassalle et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhizobium flavum Gu et al. 2014

Etymology: fla’vum. L. neut. adj. flavum, yellow

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2013042; KACC 17222; YW14

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC904963 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lassalle F, Dastgheib SMM, Zhao FJ, Zhang J, Verbarg S, Fruhling A, Brinkmann H, Osborne TH, Sikorski J, Balloux F, et al. Phylogenomics reveals the basis of adaptation of Pseudorhizobium species to extreme environments and supports a taxonomic revision of the genus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126165.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 199. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4773.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhizobium flavum Gu et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08847 (N = 10).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pseudorhizobium Kimes et al. 2017

Assigned by: Lassalle F, Dastgheib SMM, Zhao FJ, Zhang J, Verbarg S, Fruhling A, Brinkmann H, Osborne TH, Sikorski J, Balloux F, et al. Phylogenomics reveals the basis of adaptation of Pseudorhizobium species to extreme environments and supports a taxonomic revision of the genus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126165.

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Record number: 19547