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Species Rhizobium wuzhouense
Name: Rhizobium wuzhouense Yuan et al. 2018
Etymology: wu.zhou.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. wuzhouense, pertaining to Wuzhou, a city in China, where the type strain was isolated
Pronunciation, gender: wu-z͡hou-EN-se, neuter
Type strain: CCTCC AB 2017179; GDMCC 1.1257; KCTC 62194; W44
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MF066952
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Yuan T, Liu L, Huang S, Taher AH, Tan Z, Wu G, Peng G. Rhizobium wuzhouense sp. nov., isolated from roots of Oryza officinalis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2918-2923. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.
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 Peteryoungia wuzhouensis (Yuan et al. 2018) Rahi et al. 2025 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.04312 (N = 9).
- 🎓 Name mentioned 5 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:
Yuan T, Liu L, Huang S, Taher AH, Tan Z, Wu G, Peng G. Rhizobium wuzhouense sp. nov., isolated from roots of Oryza officinalis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2918-2923.
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Record number: 797850
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