Name: Rhizobium marinum subsp. pelagicum (Kimes et al. 2017) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudorhizobium pelagicum Kimes et al. 2017

Etymology: pe.la.gi’cum. L. neut. adj. pelagicum, of or belonging to the sea

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CECT 8629; LMG 28314; R1-200B4

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JOKI01000038 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudorhizobium pelagicum Kimes et al. 2017

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudorhizobium pelagicum Kimes et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Rhizobium marinum subsp. pelagicum is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Rhizobium marinum within a separate genus Rhizobium.

Parent taxon: Rhizobium marinum Liu et al. 2015

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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Record number: 11158