
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.1460
Name	Bradyrhizobium japonicum (Kirchner 1896) Jordan 1982 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	(Kirchner 1896) Jordan 1982 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Preferred Name	Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.1460
Type Strain representative organism	USDA 6^T (=DSM 30131 =ATCC 10324 =LMG 6138 =IAM 12608)


Proper Form	Bradyrhizobium japonicum (Kirchner 1896) Jordan 1982 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Nomenclatural History	The species Bradyrhizobium japonicum was originally described and validly published by Jordan 1982. Hördt et al. published an emended description of this species in 2020. Jordan formed this name in 1982 by placing the species Rhizobium japonicum (Kirchner 1896) Buchanan 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) into the genus Bradyrhizobium Jordan 1982.

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Bradyrhizobium japonicum (Kirchner 1896) Jordan 1982 emend. Hördt et al. 2020.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.1460.
Source File	10.1601/nm.1460.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 25, 2020.

References

Jordan DC. Transfer of Rhizobium japonicum Buchanan 1980 to Bradyrhizobium gen. nov., a genus of slow-growing, root nodule bacteria from leguminous plants. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:136-139. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-1-136.
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].