
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.1283
Name	Rhizobium fredii Scholla and Elkan 1984
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Scholla and Elkan 1984
Preferred Name	Sinorhizobium fredii
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.1283
Type Strain representative organism	CCUG 27877^T (=PRC 205 =DSM 5851 =ICMP 11139 =IFO 14780 =LMG 6217 =HAMBI 2075 =JCM 20967 =NRRL B-14241 =NRRL B-14594 =ATCC 35423 =USDA 205 =NBRC 14780)


Proper Form	Rhizobium fredii Scholla and Elkan 1984
Nomenclatural History	The species Rhizobium fredii was originally described and validly published by Scholla and Elkan 1984. In 1988, Chen et al. established Rhizobium fredii as the basonym of Sinorhizobium fredii (Scholla and Elkan 1984) Chen et al. 1988 emend. De Lajudie et al. 1994 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Rhizobium fredii Scholla and Elkan 1984.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.1283.
Source File	10.1601/nm.1283.xml


This information was last reviewed on May 8, 2020.

References

Scholla MH, Elkan GH. Rhizobium fredii sp. nov. a fast-growing species that effectively nodulates soybeans. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:484-486. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-34-4-484.
Chen WX, Yan GH, Li JL. Numerical taxonomic study of fast-growing soybean rhizobia and a proposal that Rhizobium fredii be assigned to Sinorhizobium gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:392-397. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-38-4-392.