Name: Sinorhizobium saheli De Lajudie et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa’hel.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. saheli, of the Sahel, the region in Africa where the organisms were isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51690; DSM 11273; HAMBI 215; ICMP 13648; LMG 7837; NBRC 100386; ORS 609

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X68390 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: De Lajudie P, Willems A, Pot B, Dewettinck D, Maestrojuan G, Neyra M, Collins MD, Dreyfus B, Kersters K, Gillis M. Polyphasic taxonomy of rhizobia: emendation of the genus Sinorhizobium and description of Sinorhizobium meliloti comb. nov., Sinorhizobium saheli sp. nov., and Sinorhizobium teranga sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:715-733.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ensifer saheli (De Lajudie et al. 1994) Young 2003

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ensifer saheli (De Lajudie et al. 1994) 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 saheli 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 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Sinorhizobium Chen et al. 1988

Assigned by: De Lajudie P, Willems A, Pot B, Dewettinck D, Maestrojuan G, Neyra M, Collins MD, Dreyfus B, Kersters K, Gillis M. Polyphasic taxonomy of rhizobia: emendation of the genus Sinorhizobium and description of Sinorhizobium meliloti comb. nov., Sinorhizobium saheli sp. nov., and Sinorhizobium teranga sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:715-733.

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Record number: 780942