Name: Rhizobium mongolense subsp. loessense (Wei et al. 2003) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhizobium loessense Wei et al. 2003

Etymology: loess.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. loessense, referring to the Loess Plateau of China, where the bacterium was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCBAU 7190B; CGMCC 1.3401; CIP 108030; DSM 21811; LMG 21975

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF364069 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: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhizobium loessense Wei et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

Parent taxon: Rhizobium mongolense Van Berkum et al. 1998

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: 11147