Species Rhizobium smilacinae

Name: Rhizobium smilacinae Zhang et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: smi.la.ci’na.e. N.L. fem. n. Smilacina, a botanical genus name; N.L. gen. fem. n. smilacinae, of the plant genus Smilacina

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2013016; DSM 100675; KCTC 32300; LMG 27604; PTYR-5

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF551141 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhang L, Shi X, Si M, Li C, Zhu L, Zhao L, Shen X, Wang Y. Rhizobium smilacinae sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from the leaf of Smilacina japonica. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:715-723. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 161. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Aliirhizobium smilacinae corrig. (Zhang et al. 2015) Ma et al. 2024

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alirhizobium smilacinae (Zhang et al. 2015) Ma et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Aliirhizobium smilacinae corrig. (Zhang et al. 2015) Ma et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- ❗ Rhizobium smilacinae 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. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zhang L, Shi X, Si M, Li C, Zhu L, Zhao L, Shen X, Wang Y. Rhizobium smilacinae sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from the leaf of Smilacina japonica. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:715-723. 🇨🇳

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Species Rhizobium smilacinae