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Species Rhizobium sullae
Name: Rhizobium sullae Squartini et al. 2002
Etymology: sul’lae. N.L. gen. masc. n. sullae, of sulla, the common Italian name of Hedysarum coronarium, the host plant
Pronunciation, gender: SUL-la͡e, neuter
Type strain: DSM 14623; IS123; USDA 4950
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Y10170
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Squartini A, Struffi P, Doring H, Selenska-Pobell S, Tola E, Giacomini A, Vendramin E, Velazquez E, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, et al. Rhizobium sullae sp. nov. (formerly 'Rhizobium hedysari'), the root-nodule microsymbiont of Hedysarum coronarium L. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1267-1276. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.
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 0.05986 (N = 9).
- 😷 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 24 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.
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🧍 Formerly "Rhizobium hedysari". — 🧍 Rhizobium sullae Squartini et al. 2002 was previously known as "Rhizobium hedysari".
Publication:
Xu L, Shi J, Li C, Zhu S, Li B. Rhizobium hedysari sp. nov., a novel species isolated from a root nodule of Hedysarum multijugum in China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:479-488.
Parent taxon: Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Squartini A, Struffi P, Doring H, Selenska-Pobell S, Tola E, Giacomini A, Vendramin E, Velazquez E, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, et al. Rhizobium sullae sp. nov. (formerly 'Rhizobium hedysari'), the root-nodule microsymbiont of Hedysarum coronarium L. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1267-1276.
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Record number: 780377
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