Name: Variovorax atrisoli Wang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.tri’so.li. L. masc. adj. ater, black; L. neut. n. solum, soil (can be noun or adjective); N.L. gen. neut. n. atrisoli, of black soil, referring to the isolation source from the black soil applied with herbicide atrazine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-TRI-so-li, masculine

Type strain: GDMCC 1.4848; KCTC 8741; tmT

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16S rRNA gene: PQ857670 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang J, Chen Y, Yang Y, Fan Y, Offei C, Bai J, Qi Y, Wu Y, Han D. Variovorax atrisoli sp. nov., a novel species isolated from black soil applied with herbicide atrazine in Northeast China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6886. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6926.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-08-19.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Variovorax Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: Wang J, Chen Y, Yang Y, Fan Y, Offei C, Bai J, Qi Y, Wu Y, Han D. Variovorax atrisoli sp. nov., a novel species isolated from black soil applied with herbicide atrazine in Northeast China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6886. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 67011