Species Terribium terrae

Name: Terribium terrae (Jung et al. 2021) Li et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Mesorhizobium terrae Jung et al. 2021

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, indicating soil as the source of isolation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ter-RI-bi-um TER-ra͡e, neuter

Type strain: JCM 33432; KCTC 72278; N IBRBAC000500504

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK621282 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Li Y, Guo T, Sun L, Wang ET, Young JPW, Tian CF. Phylogenomic analyses and reclassification of the Mesorhizobium complex: proposal for 9 novel genera and reclassification of 15 species. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:419. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mesorhizobium terrae Jung et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Terribium Li et al. 2025. Publication: Li Y, Guo T, Sun L, Wang ET, Young JPW, Tian CF. Phylogenomic analyses and reclassification of the Mesorhizobium complex: proposal for 9 novel genera and reclassification of 15 species. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:419. 🇨🇳
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-02-10.

Parent taxon: Terribium Li et al. 2025

Assigned by: Li Y, Guo T, Sun L, Wang ET, Young JPW, Tian CF. Phylogenomic analyses and reclassification of the Mesorhizobium complex: proposal for 9 novel genera and reclassification of 15 species. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:419. 🇨🇳

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