Sinorhizobium Chen et al. 1988 emend. Kuzmanović et al. 2022 not validly published as of Opinion 84 Sinorhizobium Chen et al. 1988 emend. Kuzmanović et al. 2022 Sinorhizobium fredii (Scholla and Elkan 1984) Chen et al. 1988 emend. De Lajudie et al. 1994 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Pseudomonadota corrig. Garrity et al. 2021 Alphaproteobacteriota (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006 Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020 Rhizobiaceae Conn 1938 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020 Sinorhizobium Chen et al. 1988 emend. Kuzmanović et al. 2022 Rhizobiaceae Conn 1938 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020 Agrobacterium Conn 1942 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sawada et al. 1993 Ensifer Casida 1982 emend. Kuzmanović et al. 2022 Allorhizobium de Lajudie et al. 1998 emend. Hördt et al. 2020 Chelatobacter Auling et al. 1993 Kaistia Im et al. 2005 Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Young et al. 2001 Crabtreella Xie and Yokota 2006 Ciceribacter Kathiravan et al. 2013 emend. Rahi et al. 2021 Liberibacter corrig. Fagen et al. 2014 Liberobacter (sic) Fagen et al. 2014 Neorhizobium Mousavi et al. 2015 Pararhizobium Mousavi et al. 2016 Pseudorhizobium Kimes et al. 2017 emend. Lassalle et al. 2021 Shinella An et al. 2006 emend. Matsui et al. 2009 Carbophilus Meyer et al. 1994 Gellertiella Tóth et al. 2017 Georhizobium Cao et al. 2020 Neopararhizobium Hördt et al. 2020 Mycoplana Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Urakami et al. 1990 Martelella Rivas et al. 2005 Lentilitoribacter Park et al. 2013 Hoeflea Peix et al. 2005 emend. Rahul et al. 2015 Endobacterium Menéndez et al. 2021 Peteryoungia Rahi et al. 2021 Xaviernesmea Kuzmanović et al. 2022 Sinorhizobium teranga (sic) De Lajudie et al. 1994 Sinorhizobium terangae corrig. De Lajudie et al. 1994 Sinorhizobium saheli De Lajudie et al. 1994 Sinorhizobium adhaerens (Casida 1982) Willems et al. 2003 Sinorhizobium arboris Nick et al. 1999 Sinorhizobium kummerowiae Wei et al. 2002 Sinorhizobium fredii (Scholla and Elkan 1984) Chen et al. 1988 emend. De Lajudie et al. 1994 Sinorhizobium americanus (sic) Toledo et al. 2004 Sinorhizobium americanum corrig. Toledo et al. 2004 Sinorhizobium meliloti (Dangeard 1926) De Lajudie et al. 1994 Sinorhizobium kostiense Nick et al. 1999 Sinorhizobium medicae Rome et al. 1996 Sinorhizobium morelense Wang et al. 2002 Sinorhizobium xinjiangense corrig. Chen et al. 1988 Sinorhizobium xinjiangensis (sic) Chen et al. 1988 Sinorhizobium sp. None 2015 Sinorhizobium alkalisoli (Li et al. 2016) Kuzmanović et al. 2022 Sinorhizobium garamanticum (Merabet et al. 2010) Kuzmanović et al. 2022 Sinorhizobium glycinis (Yan et al. 2016) Kuzmanović et al. 2022 Sinorhizobium mexicanum (Lloret et al. 2011) Kuzmanović et al. 2022 Sinorhizobium numidicum (Merabet et al. 2010) Kuzmanović et al. 2022 Sinorhizobium psoraleae (Wang et al. 2015) Kuzmanović et al. 2022 Sinorhizobium shofinae (Chen et al. 2017) Kuzmanović et al. 2022 Sinorhizobium sojae (Li et al. 2011) Kuzmanović et al. 2022 De Lajudie P. Willems A. Pot B. Dewettinck D. Maestrojuán G.M. Neyra M. Collins M.D. Dreyfus B. Kersters K. Gillis M. Polyphasic taxonomy of Rhizobia: emendation of the genus Sinorhizobium and description of Sinorhizobium meliloti comb. nov., Sinorhizobium saheli sp. nov., and Sinorhizobium teranga sp. nov. 1994 44 4 715 733 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-44-4-715 Willems A. Fernández-López M. Muñoz-Adelantado E. Goris J. De Vos P. Martínez-Romero E. Toro N. Gillis M. Description of new Ensifer strains from nodules and proposal to transfer Ensifer adhaerens Casida 1982 to Sinorhizobium as Sinorhizobium adhaerens comb. nov. Request for an opinion. 2003 53 4 1207 1217 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.02264-0 12892151 Chen W.X. Yan G.H. Li J.L. Numerical taxonomic study of fast-growing soybean rhizobia and a proposal that Rhizobium fredii be assigned to Sinorhizobium gen. nov. 1988 38 4 392 397 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-38-4-392 Rome S. Fernandez M.P. Brunel B. Normand P. Cleyet-Marel J.C. Sinorhizobium medicae sp. nov., isolated from annual Medicago spp. 1996 46 4 972 980 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-46-4-972 8863426 Nick G. de Lajudie P. Eardly B.D. Suomalainen S. Paulin L. Zhang X. Gillis M. Lindström K. Sinorhizobium arboris sp. nov. and Sinorhizobium kostiense sp. nov., isolated from leguminous trees in Sudan and Kenya. 1999 49 4 1359 1368 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1359 10555313 Toledo I. Lloret L. Martínez-Romero E. Sinorhizobium americanus sp. nov., a new Sinorhizobium species nodulating native Acacia spp. in Mexico 2003 26 54 64 Systematic and Applied Microbiology Syst Appl Microbiol 0723-2020 10.1078/072320203322337317 12747410 Wei G.H. Wang E.T. Tan Z.Y. Zhu M.E. Chen W.X. Rhizobium indigoferae sp. nov. and Sinorhizobium kummerowiae sp. nov., respectively isolated from Indigofera spp. and Kummerowia stipulacea. 2002 52 6 2231 2239 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.02030-0 12508892 Wang E.T. Tan Z.Y. Willems A. Fernandez-López M. Reinhold-Hurek B. Martínez-Romero E. Sinorhizobium morelense sp. nov., a Leucaena leucocephala-associated bacterium that is highly resistant to multiple antibiotics. 2002 52 5 1687 1693 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.01954-0 12361275 Lee K.B. Liu C.T. Anzai Y. Kim H. Aono T. Oyaizu H. The hierarchical system of the 'Alphaproteobacteria': description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov. 2005 55 5 1907 1919 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.63663-0 16166687 Kuzmanović N. Fagorzi C. Mengoni A. Lassalle F. diCenzo G.C. Taxonomy of Rhizobiaceae revisited: proposal of a new framework for genus delimitation. 2022 72 3 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijsem.0.005243 35238735 No reference is available 2015 Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Young et al. 2001 Ensifer Casida 1982 emend. Kuzmanović et al. 2022 De Lajudie P. Willems A. Pot B. Dewettinck D. Maestrojuán G.M. Neyra M. Collins M.D. Dreyfus B. Kersters K. Gillis M. Polyphasic taxonomy of Rhizobia: emendation of the genus Sinorhizobium and description of Sinorhizobium meliloti comb. nov., Sinorhizobium saheli sp. nov., and Sinorhizobium teranga sp. nov. 1994 44 4 715 733 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-44-4-715 Willems A. Fernández-López M. Muñoz-Adelantado E. Goris J. De Vos P. Martínez-Romero E. Toro N. Gillis M. Description of new Ensifer strains from nodules and proposal to transfer Ensifer adhaerens Casida 1982 to Sinorhizobium as Sinorhizobium adhaerens comb. nov. Request for an opinion. 2003 53 4 1207 1217 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.02264-0 12892151 Chen W.X. Yan G.H. Li J.L. Numerical taxonomic study of fast-growing soybean rhizobia and a proposal that Rhizobium fredii be assigned to Sinorhizobium gen. nov. 1988 38 4 392 397 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-38-4-392 Jarvis B.D.W. Downer H.L. Young J.P.W. Phylogeny of fast-growing soybean-nodulating rhizobia supports synonymy of Sinorhizobium and Rhizobium and assignment to Rhizobium fredii. 1992 42 1 93 96 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-42-1-93 1371066 Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes The genus name Sinorhizobium Chen et al. 1988 is a later synonym of Ensifer Casida 1982 and is not conserved over the latter genus name, and the species name 'Sinorhizobium adhaerens' is not validly published. Opinion 84. 2008 58 8 1973 1973 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.2008/005991-0 18676490 Kuzmanović N. Fagorzi C. Mengoni A. Lassalle F. diCenzo G.C. Taxonomy of Rhizobiaceae revisited: proposal of a new framework for genus delimitation. 2022 72 3 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijsem.0.005243 35238735 Young J.M. The genus name Ensifer Casida 1982 takes priority over Sinorhizobium Chen et al. 1988, and Sinorhizobium morelense Wang et al. 2002 is a later synonym of Ensifer adhaerens Casida 1982. Is the combination Sinorhizobium adhaerens (Casida 1982) Willems et al. 2003 legitimate? Request for an Opinion. 2003 53 6 2107 2110 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.02665-0 14657154 Young J.M. Sinorhizobium versus Ensifer: may a taxonomy subcommittee of the ICSP contradict the Judicial Commission? 2010 60 7 1711 1713 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.025163-0 20453103 Judicial Opinion 84 rendered this genus name Not Validly Published, since it resulted from moving the type species of Ensifer into a novel genus. Kuzmanovic et al. 2021 corrected this problem and the genus is once again legitimate.