Name: Rhizorhabdus histidinilytica (Nigam et al. 2010) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sphingomonas histidinilytica Nigam et al. 2010

Etymology: his.ti.di.ni.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. histidinum, histidine; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, dissolving; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. histidinilytica, histidine-dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCM 7545; DSM 24951; MTCC 9473; UM2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF530202 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingomonas histidinilytica Nigam et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Rhizorhabdus Francis et al. 2014

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 11115