Name: Sinorhizobium medicae Rome et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.di.cae. L. gen. fem. n. medicae, of/from lucern (plant belonging to the genus Medicago)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 11-3 21a; A 321; HAMBI 2306; ICMP 13798; LMG 19920; NBRC 100384; USDA 1037

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16S rRNA gene: AB681159 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rome S, Fernandez MP, Brunel B, Normand P, Cleyet-Marel JC. Sinorhizobium medicae sp. nov., isolated from annual Medicago spp. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:972-980.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ensifer medicae (Rome et al. 1996) Young 2003

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ensifer medicae (Rome et al. 1996) Young 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Sinorhizobium medicae 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 68 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sinorhizobium Chen et al. 1988

Assigned by: Rome S, Fernandez MP, Brunel B, Normand P, Cleyet-Marel JC. Sinorhizobium medicae sp. nov., isolated from annual Medicago spp. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:972-980.

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