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Species Rhizobium ipomoeae

Name: Rhizobium ipomoeae Sheu et al. 2016

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: i.po.moe’ae. N.L. fem. n. Ipomoea, generic name of the water convolvulus; N.L. gen. fem. n. ipomoeae, of Ipomoea, pertaining to the isolation of the type strain from a water convolvulus field

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rhi-ZO-bi-um i-po-MO͡E-a͡e, neuter

Type strain: KCTC 32148; LMG 27163; shin9-1

16S rRNA gene: HE866935 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Sheu SY, Chen ZH, Young CC, Chen WM. Rhizobium ipomoeae sp. nov., isolated from a water convolvulus field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1633-1640. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2467-2468.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sheu SY, Chen ZH, Young CC, Chen WM. Rhizobium ipomoeae sp. nov., isolated from a water convolvulus field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1633-1640. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 794033