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Species Rhizobium sophorae
Name: Rhizobium sophorae Jiao et al. 2015
Etymology: so.pho’rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. sophorae, of Sophora, the Latin name of the Chinese medicinal herb Sophora flavescens, from the root nodules of which the type strain was isolated
Type strain: CCBAU 3386; E5; HAMBI 3615; LMG 27901
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MH345083
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Jiao YS, Yan H, Ji ZJ, Liu YH, Sui XH, Wang ET, Guo BL, Chen WX, Chen WF. Rhizobium sophorae sp. nov. and Rhizobium sophoriradicis sp. nov., nitrogen-fixing rhizobial symbionts of the medicinal legume Sophora flavescens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:497-503. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.18611 (N = 12).
- 😷 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 6 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.
Parent taxon: Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Jiao YS, Yan H, Ji ZJ, Liu YH, Sui XH, Wang ET, Guo BL, Chen WX, Chen WF. Rhizobium sophorae sp. nov. and Rhizobium sophoriradicis sp. nov., nitrogen-fixing rhizobial symbionts of the medicinal legume Sophora flavescens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:497-503.
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Record number: 792584
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