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

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2107-2110

  Young, J M ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENSIFER; ENSIFER ADHAERENS; ENSIFER ARBORIS; ENSIFER FREDII; ENSIFER KOSTIENSIS; ENSIFER KUMMEROWIAE; ENSIFER MEDICAE; ENSIFER MELILOTI; ENSIFER SAHELI; ENSIFER TERANGAE; ENSIFER XINJIANGENSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; NITROGEN FIXATION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PUBLICATION; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM ADHAERENS; SINORHIZOBIUM MORELENSE;

PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINORHIZOBIUM; TERMINOLOGY;

CHEN; ENSIFER; ENSIFER ADHAERENS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM ARBORIS; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM KOSTIENSE; SINORHIZOBIUM MEDICAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM SAHELI; SINORHIZOBIUM TERANGAE; SINORHIZOBIUM XINJIANGENSE;

EID: 0141698715     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02665-0     Document Type: Article

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