Reclassification of Rhizobium panacihumi as Endobacterium panacihumi comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Endobacterium
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The species Rhizobium panacihumi was isolated from ginseng-cultivated soil in Gochang-gun (South Korea) and only encompassed the type strain DCY116 T (=KCTC 62017 T =JCM 32251 T ), which was phylogenetically related to Rhizobium yantingense . Although the species R. yantingense was later reclassified as Endobacterium yantingense , the species R. panacihumi was not transferred to the genus Endobacterium , which currently encompasses the species Endobacterium cereale and E. yantingense . The 16S rRNA phylogenetic analysis showed that strain DCY116 T clustered with the type strains of these two species. The phylogenomic analysis of the whole genome of the type strain R. panacihumi KCTC 62017 T , which was obtained in this study, confirmed that E. cereale RZME27 T and E. yantingense CCTCC AB 2014007 T are the closest relatives of R. panacihumi KCTC 62017 T . The calculated average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values between the genome of this strain and those of E. cereale RZME27 T and E. yantingense CCTCC AB 2014007, T together with the results of the phylogenomic analysis, support the reclassification of the species R. panacihumi as Endobacterium panacihumi comb. nov. and the emendation of the genus Endobacterium .
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Awards: G1011236658, G1053510407, G2227089057, G2262748287, University of Salamanca Programme to Foster Research Excellence, G3480869486, G3681454997, G4042783231, G413158586, G42119253, G425668148, G430777504, G451917667, G5967599077, G6556702326, University of Salamanca Programme to Foster Research Excellence, G8377077031
OpenAlex ID: W4415819020