
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.1291
Name	Rhizobium loessense Wei et al. 2003
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Wei et al. 2003
Preferred Name	Rhizobium mongolense loessense
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.1291
Type Strain representative organism	LMG 21975^T (=CIP 108030 =DSM 21811 =AS 1.3401 =CGMCC 1.3401 =CCBAU 7190B)


Proper Form	Rhizobium loessense Wei et al. 2003
Nomenclatural History	The species Rhizobium loessense was originally described and validly published by Wei et al. 2003. In 2020, Hördt et al. reduced this species to the rank of subspecies to form Rhizobium mongolense loessense (Wei et al. 2003) Hördt et al. 2020 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Rhizobium loessense Wei et al. 2003.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.1291.
Source File	10.1601/nm.1291.xml


This information was last reviewed on May 24, 2019.

References

Wei GH, Tan ZY, Zhu ME, Wang ET, Han SZ, Chen WX. Characterization of rhizobia isolated from legume species within the genera Astragalus and Lespedeza grown in the Loess Plateau of China and description of Rhizobium loessense sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1575-1583. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02031-0 [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].