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Species Rhizobium terricola

Name: Rhizobium terricola Dahal et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ter.ri’co.la. L. fem. n. terra, soil; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; L. masc./fem. n. terricola, a dweller of soil, referring to the isolation of the type strain from soil (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rhi-ZO-bi-um ter-RI-ko-la, neuter

Type strain: KACC 19117; KEMB 9005-539; NBRC 112711; S-51

16S rRNA gene: KY117474 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Dahal RH, Chaudhary DK, Kim J, Kim D-U, Kim J. Genome insight and description of previously uncultured N2-fixing bacterium Rhizobium terricola sp. nov., isolated from forest rhizospheric soil by using modified culture method. Diversity 2022; 14:733. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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: Dahal RH, Chaudhary DK, Kim J, Kim D-U, Kim J. Genome insight and description of previously uncultured N2-fixing bacterium Rhizobium terricola sp. nov., isolated from forest rhizospheric soil by using modified culture method. Diversity 2022; 14:733. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 36272