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Taxon: Genus Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980) nom. cons. (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation Frank, 1889/1980, nom. approb., nom. cons.

Etymology

Derived nameAllorhizobium (Genus) de Lajudie et al. 1998 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [20 Apr 2026].
Derived nameAzorhizobium (Genus) Dreyfus et al. 1988 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [20 Apr 2026].
Derived nameEctorhizobium (Genus) Ma et al. 2023 nom. inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [20 Apr 2026].
Derived nameGeorhizobium (Genus) Cao et al. 2020 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [20 Apr 2026].
Derived nameHeterorhizobium (Genus) Ma et al. 2025 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [20 Apr 2026].
Derived nameMesorhizobium (Genus) Jarvis et al. 1997 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [19 Apr 2026].
Derived nameNeorhizobium (Genus) Mousavi et al. 2015 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [20 Apr 2026].
Derived namePararhizobium (Genus) Mousavi et al. 2016 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [20 Apr 2026].
Derived namePseudorhizobium (Genus) Kimes et al. 2017 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [20 Apr 2026].

Attributes

Approved name (Approved Lists: nom. approb.) [ICNP, 2019: Rules 24a, 33b] Ref: Approved Lists, 1980.
Conserved name (nom. cons.) [ICNP, 2022: Rule 56b] Ref: S.P. Lapage et al. (eds.), 1992. ICNB: Appendix 4, List 2.

Types

Type ofRhizobiaceae (Family) Conn 1938 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [20 Apr 2026].
Type, by monotypyRhizobium leguminosarum (Frank 1879) Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms

IncludingAgrobacterium (Genus) Conn 1942 (Approved Lists 1980) nom. cons. Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 91.
IncludingAllorhizobium (Genus) de Lajudie et al. 1998 Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 91.
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