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Species Rhizobium leguminosarum
Name: Rhizobium leguminosarum (Frank 1879) Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Schinzia leguminosarum" Frank 1879
Etymology: le.gu.mi.no.sa’rum. N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. leguminosarum, of Leguminosae (the former systematic family name of the legumes)
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … le-gu-mi-no-SA-rum, neuter
Type strain: 3Hoq18; ATCC 10004; LMG 14904; USDA 2370
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MF977620
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Frank B. Über die Pilzsymbiose der Leguminosen. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 1889; 7:332-346. 
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Schinzia leguminosarum" Frank 1879 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists Rhizobium trifolii Dangeard 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Rhizobium indigoferae Wei et al. 2002 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Ramírez-Bahena et al. 2008
Ramirez-Bahena MH, Garcia-Fraile P, Peix A, Valverde A, Rivas R, Igual JM, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Revision of the taxonomic status of the species Rhizobium leguminosarum (Frank 1879) Frank 1889AL, Rhizobium phaseoli Dangeard 1926AL and Rhizobium trifolii Dangeard 1926AL. R. trifolii is a later synonym of R. leguminosarum. Reclassification of the strain R. leguminosarum DSM 30132 (=NCIMB 11478) as Rhizobium pisi sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2484-2490.
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Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:205-206.
Notes:- 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
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Hördt et al. 2020
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
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Ramírez-Bahena et al. 2008
Ramirez-Bahena MH, Garcia-Fraile P, Peix A, Valverde A, Rivas R, Igual JM, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Revision of the taxonomic status of the species Rhizobium leguminosarum (Frank 1879) Frank 1889AL, Rhizobium phaseoli Dangeard 1926AL and Rhizobium trifolii Dangeard 1926AL. R. trifolii is a later synonym of R. leguminosarum. Reclassification of the strain R. leguminosarum DSM 30132 (=NCIMB 11478) as Rhizobium pisi sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2484-2490.
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Frank B. Über die Pilzsymbiose der Leguminosen. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 1889; 7:332-346.
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⏰ According to Menendez et al. (2024), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhizobium indigoferae Wei et al. 2002.
Publication:
Menendez E, Flores-Felix JD, Kaur S, diCenzo GC, Young JPW, Peix A, Velazquez E. Reclassification of type strains of Rhizobium indigoferae and Sinorhizobium kummerowiae into the species Rhizobium leguminosarum and Sinorhizobium meliloti, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6451. 🇪🇸
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⏰ According to Ramirez-Bahena et al. (2008), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhizobium trifolii Dangeard 1926 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Ramirez-Bahena MH, Garcia-Fraile P, Peix A, Valverde A, Rivas R, Igual JM, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Revision of the taxonomic status of the species Rhizobium leguminosarum (Frank 1879) Frank 1889AL, Rhizobium phaseoli Dangeard 1926AL and Rhizobium trifolii Dangeard 1926AL. R. trifolii is a later synonym of R. leguminosarum. Reclassification of the strain R. leguminosarum DSM 30132 (=NCIMB 11478) as Rhizobium pisi sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2484-2490. 🇪🇸
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🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list.
Publication:
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6494.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "default: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; biovar trifolii: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "default: 1; biovar phaseoli: 1 Typ 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 1508 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
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🧍 The reference of the publication by Frank 1879 is Botanische Zeitung, 1879, 37, 376-387, 394-399. However, in the "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names" and in the "Amended Edition of Approved Lists of Bacterial Names" the publication of Frank 1879 is erroneously cited as Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft, 1879, 37, 376-387, 394-399.
Publication:
Young JM. Correction to the authority of Rhizobium leguminosarum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:1943. 🇳🇿
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Frank B. Über die Pilzsymbiose der Leguminosen. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 1889; 7:332-346.
Parent taxon: Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Frank B. Über die Pilzsymbiose der Leguminosen. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 1889; 7:332-346.
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