Name: Sinorhizobium kummerowiae Wei et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kum.me.ro’wi.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. kummerowiae, of Kummerowia, a genus of leguminous plants, referring to the host from which the bacterium was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCBAU 71714; CGMCC 1.3046; CIP 108026; NBRC 100799

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF364067 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wei GH, Wang ET, Tan ZY, Zhu ME, Chen WX. Rhizobium indigoferae sp. nov. and Sinorhizobium kummerowiae sp. nov., respectively isolated from Indigofera spp. and Kummerowia stipulacea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2231-2239.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ensifer kummerowiae (Wei et al. 2002) Young 2003

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ensifer kummerowiae (Wei et al. 2002) Young 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Sinorhizobium kummerowiae 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published, because the original publication makes reference to the deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Sinorhizobium kummerowiae Wei et al. 2002 is considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 81. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1755-1763.
  • 🧍 In the summary the type strain is erroneously cited as CCBAU 71042 = AS 1.3045. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Parent taxon: Sinorhizobium Chen et al. 1988

Assigned by: Wei GH, Wang ET, Tan ZY, Zhu ME, Chen WX. Rhizobium indigoferae sp. nov. and Sinorhizobium kummerowiae sp. nov., respectively isolated from Indigofera spp. and Kummerowia stipulacea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2231-2239.

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Record number: 784908