Name: Sinorhizobium numidicum (Merabet et al. 2010) Kuzmanović et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ensifer numidicus Merabet et al. 2010

Etymology: nu.mi’di.cum. N.L. neut. adj. numidicum, pertaining to the country of Numidia, Numidian, the Roman denomination of the region in North Africa from which the majority of the organisms were isolated

Pronunciation, gender: nu-MI-di-kum, neuter

Type strain: CIP 109850; LMG 27395; ORS 1407

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY500254 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kuzmanovic N, Fagorzi C, Mengoni A, Lassalle F, diCenzo GC. Taxonomy of Rhizobiaceae revisited: proposal of a new framework for genus delimitation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5243.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ensifer numidicus Merabet et al. 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ensifer numidicus Merabet et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Sinorhizobium numidicum 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Sinorhizobium Chen et al. 1988

Assigned by: Kuzmanovic N, Fagorzi C, Mengoni A, Lassalle F, diCenzo GC. Taxonomy of Rhizobiaceae revisited: proposal of a new framework for genus delimitation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5243.

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Record number: 29153