Name: Rhizobium lusitanum Valverde et al. 2006
Etymology: lu.si.ta’num. N.L. neut. adj. lusitanum, of Lusitania, the Roman name of Portugal, where the strains reported in this study were isolated
Type strain: CECT 7016; LMG 22705; P1-7
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16S rRNA gene: AY738130 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Valverde A, Igual JM, Peix A, Cervantes E, Velazquez E. Rhizobium lusitanum sp. nov. a bacterium that nodulates Phaseolus vulgaris. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2631-2637.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:199-200.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Valverde A, Igual JM, Peix A, Cervantes E, Velazquez E. Rhizobium lusitanum sp. nov. a bacterium that nodulates Phaseolus vulgaris. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2631-2637.
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