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Species Rhizobium sphaerophysae
Name: Rhizobium sphaerophysae Xu et al. 2012
Etymology: sphae.ro.phy’sae. N.L. gen. fem. n. sphaerophysae, of Sphaerophysa, a genus of leguminous plants, isolated from Sphaerophysa salsula, the host from which the type strain was isolated
Type strain: ACCC 17498; CCNWGS0238; HAMBI 3074
16S rRNA gene:
FJ154088
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Xu L, Shi JF, Zhao P, Chen WM, Qin W, Tang M, Wei GH. Rhizobium sphaerophysae sp. nov., a novel species isolated from root nodules of Sphaerophysa salsula in China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2011; 99:845-854. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Pararhizobium sphaerophysae" (Xu et al. 2012) Mousavi et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 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 2 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:
Xu L, Shi JF, Zhao P, Chen WM, Qin W, Tang M, Wei GH. Rhizobium sphaerophysae sp. nov., a novel species isolated from root nodules of Sphaerophysa salsula in China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2011; 99:845-854.
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Record number: 790182
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