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Entrez PubMed Nucleotide Protein Genome Structure PMC Taxonomy BioCollections
   
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Database name Direct links Subtree links Links from type
BioProject 37 69 -
BioSample 118 371 -
GEO DataSets 6 34 -
Gene 1 35,080 -
Identical Protein Groups 79,962 88,873 -
Nucleotide 2,858 11,680 1,679
PMC 744 744 -
Protein 100,948 156,142 -
SRA 97 290 -
Structure 3 10 -
Taxonomy 15 15 -

Sinorhizobium fredii

Taxonomy ID: 380 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:380)
current name
Sinorhizobium fredii  (Scholla and Elkan 1984) Chen et al. 1988
homotypic synonym:
Ensifer fredii  (Scholla and Elkan 1984) Young 2003
basionym:
Rhizobium fredii  Scholla and Elkan 1984
type strain of Rhizobium fredii: ATCC : 35423 , CCUG : 27877 , DSM : 5851 , HAMBI : 2075 , ICMP : 11139 , IFO : 14780 , JCM : 20967 , BCCM/LMG : 6217 , NBRC : 14780 , NRRL : B-14241 , NRRL : B-14594 , USDA : 205 , personal : PRC 205
NCBI BLAST name: a-proteobacteria
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Lineage(full)
cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Alphaproteobacteria; Hyphomicrobiales; Rhizobiaceae; Sinorhizobium/Ensifer group; Sinorhizobium; Sinorhizobium fredii group

Comments and References:

Kuzmanović N et al. (2022) , Pubmed: abstract
Kuzmanović, N., Fagorzi, C., Mengoni, A., Lassalle, F., and diCenzo, G.C. "Taxonomy of Rhizobiaceae revisited: proposal of a new framework for genus delimitation." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2022) 72(3):005243.
Chen WX et al. (1988)
Chen, W.X., Yan, G.H., and Li, J.L. "Numerical taxonomic study of fast-growing soybean rhizobia and a proposal that Rhizobium fredii be assigned to Sinorhizobium gen. nov." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1988) 38:392-397. [No PubMed record available.]
de Lajudie P et al. (1994)
de Lajudie, P., Willems, A., Pot, B., Dewettinck, D., Maestrojuan, G., Neyra, M., Collins, M.D., Dreyfus, B., Kersters, K., and 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." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1994) 44:715-733. [No PubMed record available.]
ICSB Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Agrobacterium and Rhizobium (1992)
ICSB, Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Agrobacterium and Rhizobium "Minutes of the meeting, 10 December 1992, Cancun, Mexico." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1993) 43:622. (Note: the subcommittee does not endorse the genus Sinorhizobium Chen et al. 1988.) [No PubMed record available.]
Jarvis BDW et al. (1992)
Jarvis, B.D.W., Downer, H.L., and Young, J.P.W. "Phylogeny of fast-growing soybean-nodulating rhizobia supports synonymy of Sinorhizobium and Rhizobium and assignment to Rhizobium fredii." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1992) 42(1):93-96.
Martens M et al. (2008)
Martens, M., Dawyndt, P., Coopman, R., Gillis, M., De Vos, P., and Willems, A. "Advantages of multilocus sequence analysis for taxonomic studies: a case study using 10 housekeeping genes in the genus Ensifer (including former Sinorhizobium)." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2008) 58:200-214.
Scholla MH & Elkan GH (1984)
Scholla, M.H., and Elkan, G.H. "Rhizobium fredii sp. nov., a fast-growing species that effectively nodulates soybeans." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1984) 34:484-486. [No PubMed record available.]
Young JM (2003)
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 junior synonym of Ensifer adhaerens Casida 1982. Is the combination 'Sinorhizobium adhaerens' (Casida 1982) Willems et al. 2002 legitimate? Request for an Opinion." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2003) 53(6):2107-2110.

External Information Resources (NCBI LinkOut)

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Ensifer fredii type strain (BD-ID 13548) meta-databases BacDive
Ensifer fredii (Scholla and Elkan 1984) Young 2003 taxonomy/phylogenetic Encyclopedia of life
GOLD: 19 Organisms organism-specific Genomes On Line Database
Ensifer fredii culture/stock collections Global Catalogue of Microorganisms
Sinorhizobium fredii culture/stock collections Global Catalogue of Microorganisms
2947127678: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 192 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2954419427: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 206 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2954032405: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 199 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2954025536: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 197 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2954262759: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 267 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2954045808: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 208 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2947134470: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 193 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2954398988: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 196 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2954052549: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 214 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2947141056: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 194 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2954405577: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 198 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2947120953: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 191 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2954412439: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 203 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2954059186: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 217 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2954227267: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 257 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2954039130: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 207 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2966324652: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 339 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2855872281: Sinorhizobium fredii PCH1 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2844490182: Sinorhizobium fredii NXT3 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2514885035: Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 257 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
Sinorhizobium fredii (T) | SeqCode Registry taxonomy/phylogenetic SeqCode Registry
Ensifer fredii type strain (SI-ID 4760) meta-databases StrainInfo, Leibniz Institute DSMZ
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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.


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