Name: Rhizobium leucaenae Ribeiro et al. 2012
Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. leucaenae, of Leucaena, referring to the isolation source of many strains of this species, root nodules of Leucaena
Type strain: CECT 4844; CENA 183; CFN 299; CNPSo 141; IAM 14230; JCM 21088; LMG 9517; SEMIA 4083; UMR 1026; USDA 9039
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16S rRNA gene: X67234 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Ribeiro RA, Rogel MA, Lopez-Lopez A, Ormeno-Orrillo E, Barcellos FG, Martinez J, Thompson FL, Martinez-Romero E, Hungria M. Reclassification of Rhizobium tropici type A strains as Rhizobium leucaenae sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1179-1184.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1723-1724.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Ribeiro RA, Rogel MA, Lopez-Lopez A, Ormeno-Orrillo E, Barcellos FG, Martinez J, Thompson FL, Martinez-Romero E, Hungria M. Reclassification of Rhizobium tropici type A strains as Rhizobium leucaenae sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1179-1184.
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