Name: Variovorax guangxiensis Gao et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gu.ang.xi.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. guangxiensis, referring to Guangxi Province, China, pertaining to the geographic location where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: gu-an͡g-ksi-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ACCC 5911; DSM 27352; GXGD002

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF495126 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gao JL, Yuan M, Wang XM, Qiu TL, Li JW, Liu HC, Li XA, Chen J, Sun JG. Variovorax guangxiensis sp. nov., an aerobic, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase producing bacterium isolated from banana rhizosphere. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:65-72. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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: Gao JL, Yuan M, Wang XM, Qiu TL, Li JW, Liu HC, Li XA, Chen J, Sun JG. Variovorax guangxiensis sp. nov., an aerobic, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase producing bacterium isolated from banana rhizosphere. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:65-72. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 792775