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Species Rhizobium tibeticum
Name: Rhizobium tibeticum Hou et al. 2009
Etymology: ti.be’ti.cum. N.L. neut. adj. tibeticum, of or pertaining to Tibet, referring to the isolation of the first strains from Tibet, China
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ti-BE-ti-kum, neuter
Type strain: CCBAU 85039; CGMCC 1.7071; DSM 21102; LMG 24453
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
EU256404
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Hou BC, Wang ET, Li YJ, Jia RZ, Chen WF, Gao Y, Dong RJ, Chen WX. Rhizobium tibeticum sp. nov., a symbiotic bacterium isolated from Trigonella archiducis-nicolai (Sirj.) Vassilcz. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3051-3057. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:473-474.
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 0.04137 (N = 14).
- 😷 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 8 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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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020).
Publication:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
Parent taxon: Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Hou BC, Wang ET, Li YJ, Jia RZ, Chen WF, Gao Y, Dong RJ, Chen WX. Rhizobium tibeticum sp. nov., a symbiotic bacterium isolated from Trigonella archiducis-nicolai (Sirj.) Vassilcz. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3051-3057. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 788257
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