Name: Sinorhizobium chiapasense corrig. Rincón-Rosales et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.a.pa.sen’se. N.L. neut. adj. chiapasense, Pertaining to Chiapas, the name of a state in Mexico where the bacterium was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: k^hi-a-pa-SEN-se, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2238; CIP 110265; ITTG S70

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16S rRNA gene: EU286550 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rincon-Rosales R, Lloret L, Ponce E, Martinez-Romero E. Rhizobia with different symbiotic efficiencies nodulate Acaciella angustissima in Mexico, including Sinorhizobium chiapanecum sp. nov. which has common symbiotic genes with Sinorhizobium mexicanum. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009; 67:103-117.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sinorhizobium chiapanecum Rincón-Rosales et al. 2024	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • ❗ Sinorhizobium chiapasense is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Sinorhizobium.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Sinorhizobium Chen et al. 1988

Assigned by: Rincon-Rosales R, Lloret L, Ponce E, Martinez-Romero E. Rhizobia with different symbiotic efficiencies nodulate Acaciella angustissima in Mexico, including Sinorhizobium chiapanecum sp. nov. which has common symbiotic genes with Sinorhizobium mexicanum. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009; 67:103-117.

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Record number: 43784