Name: Rathayibacter agropyri Schroeder et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: a.gro.py’ri. N.L. gen. neut. n. agropyri, from Agropyron, former generic name of western wheat-grass, the plant from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-78; CA-4; DSM 104101

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16S rRNA gene: KP118964 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schroeder BK, Schneider WL, Luster DG, Sechler A, Murray TD. Rathayibacter agropyri (non O'Gara 1916) comb. nov., nom. rev., isolated from western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1519-1525.

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:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Names but not taxa can be validly published. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Rathayibacter Zgurskaya et al. 1993

Assigned by: Schroeder BK, Schneider WL, Luster DG, Sechler A, Murray TD. Rathayibacter agropyri (non O'Gara 1916) comb. nov., nom. rev., isolated from western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1519-1525.

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Record number: 797674