Species Rhizobium sphaerophysae

Name: Rhizobium sphaerophysae Xu et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rhi-ZO-bi-um spha͡e-ro-PHY-sa͡e, neuter

Type strain: ACCC 17498; CCNWGS0238; HAMBI 3074

16S rRNA gene: FJ154088 Analysetree FASTA download

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)

Risk group: 1

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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