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Species Rhizobium wenxiniae
Name: Rhizobium wenxiniae Gao et al. 2017
Etymology: wen.xi’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. wenxiniae, of Wen-xin, to honour Wen-xin Chen, a respected rhizobial taxonomist, for her great contributions to the investigation and taxonomy of rhizobial resources in China
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wen-KSI-ni-a͡e, neuter
Type strain: 166; CGMCC 1.15279; DSM 100734
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KR610521
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Gao JL, Sun P, Wang XM, Lv FY, Mao XJ, Sun JG. Rhizobium wenxiniae sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from maize root. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2798-2803. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.
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 "Alirhizobium wenxiniae" (Gao et al. 2017) Ma et al. 2023 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.09798 (N = 12).
- 😷 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:
Gao JL, Sun P, Wang XM, Lv FY, Mao XJ, Sun JG. Rhizobium wenxiniae sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from maize root. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2798-2803. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 795732
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