Name: Ramlibacter rhizophilus Yan et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.zo’phi.lus. Gr. fem. n. rhiza, root; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. rhizophilus, root-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2015357; KCTC 52083; THG-YS3.2.7

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT962170 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yan ZF, Trinh H, Moya G, Lin P, Li CT, Kook M, Yi TH. Ramlibacter rhizophilus sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of national flower Mugunghwa from South Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3773-3777.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as a new genus or a member of Xylophilus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Ramlibacter Heulin et al. 2003

Assigned by: Yan ZF, Trinh H, Moya G, Lin P, Li CT, Kook M, Yi TH. Ramlibacter rhizophilus sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of national flower Mugunghwa from South Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3773-3777.

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Record number: 796116