
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.23024
Name	Rhizobium leucaenae Ribeiro et al. 2012 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Ribeiro et al. 2012 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Preferred Name	Rhizobium leucaenae
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.23024
Type Strain representative organism	USDA 9039^T (=LMG 9517 =CFN 299 =CENA 183 =UMR1026 =JCM 21088 =CNPSo 141 =CECT 4844 =IAM 14230 =SEMIA 4083)


Proper Form	Rhizobium leucaenae Ribeiro et al. 2012 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Nomenclatural History	The species Rhizobium leucaenae was originally described and validly published by Ribeiro et al. 2012. Hördt et al. published an emended description of this species in 2020.

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Rhizobium leucaenae Ribeiro et al. 2012 emend. Hördt et al. 2020.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.23024.
Source File	10.1601/nm.23024.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 26, 2020.

References

Ribeiro RA, Rogel MA, López-López A, Ormeño-Orrillo E, Barcellos FG, Martínez J, Thompson FL, Martínez-Romero E, Hungria M. Reclassification of Rhizobium tropici type A strains as Rhizobium leucaenae sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1179-1184. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.032912-0 [PubMed].
Hördt A, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Weinhold L-M, Gronow S, Kyrpides N, Woyke T, Schleuning M, Göker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front. Microbio. 2020; 11:468. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468 [PubMed].