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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Brucella endophytica

Name: Brucella endophytica (Li et al. 2016) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ochrobactrum endophyticum Li et al. 2016

Etymology: en.do.phy’ti.ca. Gr. pref. endo-, within; Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. endophytica, within plant, endophytic, because the type strain was isolated from the interior of a plant nodule

Pronunciation, gender: en-do-PHY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15082; DSM 29930; EGI 60010; KCTC 42485

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP721485 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Brucella Meyer and Shaw 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)

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: 11140
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