Name: "Rhizobacterium japonicum" Kirchner 1896

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.po’ni.cum. N.L. neut. adj. japonicum, pertaining to Japan, referring to the place of isolation of the type strain

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 10324; CCUG 27876; CIP 106093; DSM 30131; HAMBI 2314; IFO 14783; JCM 20679; LMG 6138; NBRC 14783; NRRL B-4507; NRRL L-241; USDA 6; VKM B-1967

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16S rRNA gene: X87272 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Kirchner O. Die Wurzelknöllchen der Sojabohne. Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen 1896; 7:213-224.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Bradyrhizobium japonicum (Kirchner 1896) Jordan 1982

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bradyrhizobium japonicum (Kirchner 1896) Jordan 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhizobium japonicum (Kirchner 1896) Buchanan 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: [Rhizobacterium]

Assigned by: Kirchner O. Die Wurzelknöllchen der Sojabohne. Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen 1896; 7:213-224.

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Record number: 3615