Rhizorhabdus

Rhizorhabdus is a genus of bacteria. Its name is derived from the latin rhiza, meaning root, and rhabdos, meaning rod.[1] Members of this genus, including Rhizorhabdus wittichii and five other species with sequenced genomes,[1] are associated with soil or plant roots.

Rhizorhabdus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Sphingomonadales
Family:	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus:	Rhizorhabdus Francis et al., 2014
Type species
Rhizorhabdus argentea Francis et al., 2014
Species[1]
Rhizorhabdus argentea Francis et al. 2014 Rhizorhabdus dicambivorans Yao et al. 2016 Rhizorhabdus histidinilytica (Nigam et al. 2010) Hördt et al. 2020 Rhizorhabdus phycosphaerae Kim et al. 2022 Rhizorhabdus starnbergensis (Chen et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020 Rhizorhabdus wittichii (Yabuuchi et al. 2001) Hördt et al. 2020