Name: Terrimonas rhizosphaerae Han et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.zo.sphae’rae. Gr. fem. n. rhiza, a root; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, ball, sphere; N.L. gen. fem. n. rhizosphaerae, of the rhizosphere, referring to the site from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CR94; KACC 17564; NCAIM B.025317

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: FJ772030 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Han SI, Lee YR, Kim JO, Whang KS. Terrimonas rhizosphaerae sp. nov., isolated from ginseng rhizosphere soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:391-395.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1099-1101.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Terrimonas Xie and Yokota 2006

Assigned by: Han SI, Lee YR, Kim JO, Whang KS. Terrimonas rhizosphaerae sp. nov., isolated from ginseng rhizosphere soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:391-395.

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Record number: 795081