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Proposed Minimal Standards for the Description of New Genera and Species of Root- and Stem-Nodulating Bacteria

¹Department of Soil Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
²NifTAL, Paia, Maui, Hawaii 96779
³School of Microbiology, University of New South Wales, New South Wales 2033, Australia
⁴clo CIAT/IICA 2200 Coronado, San Jose, Costa Rica
⁵Department of Agricultural and Food Microbiology, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5PX, Northern Ireland
⁶Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Rijksuniversiteit, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
⁷Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
⁸Agriculture Canada, Research Institute, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
⁹Institute for Plant Protection, Pretoria, South Africa
¹⁰Department of Applied Genetics, John Innes Institute, Norwich NR4 7UH, England

^* Corresponding author.

ABSTRACT

Since the first volume of Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology was published, in 1984, two additional genera and several new species of stem- and root-nodulating bacteria have been proposed; further changes to the taxonomy of this group of organisms appear likely. This paper briefly reviews the current status of "Rhizobium" taxonomy and proposes minimal standards for the description of future genera and species belonging to this group of organisms.

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