Name: Terrirhizobium terrae (Lin et al. 2025) Sbissi et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Aliirhizobium terrae Lin et al. 2025

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the earth, the type strain was isolated from a soil sample

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ter-ri-r^hi-ZO-bi-um TER-ra͡e, neuter

Type strain: BCRC 81364; CC-CFT758; JCM 35482

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16S rRNA gene: ON000239 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sbissi I, Boussoufa D, Kammoun I, Hamra R, Dali H, Tarhouni M, Gtari M. Description of Neorhizobium tunisiense sp. nov., reclassification of Neorhizobium xiangyangii as Pseudorhizobium xiangyangii comb. nov. and proposal of Terrirhizobium terrae gen. nov., comb. nov. to accommodate the divergent species Aliirhizobium terrae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6912. 🇹🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6967.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aliirhizobium terrae Lin et al. 2025

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aliirhizobium terrae Lin et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Terrirhizobium Sbissi et al. 2025. Publication: Sbissi I, Boussoufa D, Kammoun I, Hamra R, Dali H, Tarhouni M, Gtari M. Description of Neorhizobium tunisiense sp. nov., reclassification of Neorhizobium xiangyangii as Pseudorhizobium xiangyangii comb. nov. and proposal of Terrirhizobium terrae gen. nov., comb. nov. to accommodate the divergent species Aliirhizobium terrae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6912. 🇹🇳
  • ❗ Terrirhizobium terrae 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 Terrirhizobium.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-09-23.

Parent taxon: Terrirhizobium Sbissi et al. 2025

Assigned by: Sbissi I, Boussoufa D, Kammoun I, Hamra R, Dali H, Tarhouni M, Gtari M. Description of Neorhizobium tunisiense sp. nov., reclassification of Neorhizobium xiangyangii as Pseudorhizobium xiangyangii comb. nov. and proposal of Terrirhizobium terrae gen. nov., comb. nov. to accommodate the divergent species Aliirhizobium terrae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6912. 🇹🇳

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