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Species Rhizobium pusense
Name: Rhizobium pusense Panday et al. 2011
Etymology: pu.sen’se. N.L. neut. adj. pusense, of or belonging to Pusa, India, the geographical origin of the type strain
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pu-SEN-se, neuter
Type strain: DSM 22668; HAMBI 3458; JCM 16209; LMG 25623; NCIMB 14639; NRCPB10
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16S rRNA gene:
FJ969841
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Panday D, Schumann P, Das SK. Rhizobium pusense sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2632-2639. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:261-262.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Agrobacterium pusense (Panday et al. 2011) Mousavi et al. 2016
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Agrobacterium pusense (Panday et al. 2011) Mousavi et al. 2016 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Rhizobium pusense is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Rhizobium.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 33 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Panday D, Schumann P, Das SK. Rhizobium pusense sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2632-2639. 🇮🇳
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Record number: 789556
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