The name Ensifer was published in 1982 and the name Sinorhizobium was published in 1988. By the rules of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision) of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP), the older name (Ensifer) has priority. In response to a request that the single extant species of Ensifer (Ensifer adhaerens) be moved to Sinorhizobium, a special ICSP subcommittee was formed to evaluate the request. It was ultimately ruled that Ensifer retained priority and that all Sinorhizobium species be transferred to the genus Ensifer.
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Pachylaelaps ensifer is a species of mite in the family Pachylaelapidae.
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Coprophanaeus ensifer is a species of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
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Novomessor ensifer was originally described as Aphaenogaster ensifera in 1899 by Swiss entomologist Auguste Forel, who provided the first description of N. ensifer in his third volume of Biologia Centrali-Americana. Among the genus Aphaenogaster, Italian entomologist Carlo Emery placed N. ensifer in the subgenus Deromyrma in 1915, although this is now a synonym. In 1934, the taxon Novomessor manni was described as a new species of Novomessor based on workers collected by William M. Mann at Colima, Mexico. However, a study showed that N. manni was a synonym of N. ensifer.
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Sebastes ensifer is a species of fish in the rockfish family found in the central pacific.
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Labeobarbus ensifer is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the Cuanza River basin in Angola.
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Sinorhizobium/Ensifer is a genus of nitrogen-fixing bacteria (rhizobia), three of which (Sinorhizobium meliloti, Sinorhizobium medicae and Sinorhizobium fredii) have been sequenced.
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However, N. ensifer does not have this glandular system. English myrmecologist Barry Bolton argues that basing the genus on such feature cannot justify the separation of Novomessor and Aphaenogaster. In 2015, a phylogenetic study concluded that Novomessor was genetically distinct from Aphaenogaster, and the genus was revived from synonymy to include N. ensifer, N. albisetosus and N. cockerelli as members of it.
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Head detail of N. ensifer N. ensifer is a medium-sized species, measuring . Excluding the mandibles, the head is long and wide. The scapes of the antennae surpass the occipital margin, and the second segment of the funiculus is longer than the first. The third and fourth segments are the same length as each other, although they are longer than the second.
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Novomessor ensifer is a species of ant endemic to Mexico. A member of the genus Novomessor in the subfamily Myrmicinae, it was first described by Swiss entomologist Auguste Forel in 1899. N. ensifer was originally a part of the genus Aphaenogaster until a recent phylogenetic study concluded that Novomessor was genetically distinct and should be separated. The ant is a medium-sized species, measuring .
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Dorymyrmex ensifer is a species of ant in the genus Dorymyrmex. Described by Forel in 1912, the species is endemic to Argentina.Forel, A. 1912i. Formicides néotropiques.
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Two species have been described which have since been reclassified into existing species: Sinorhizobium morelense (now Ensifer adhaerens) and Sinorhizobium xinjiangense (now Sinorhizobium fredii—though some dissent exists).
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Hyposmocoma ensifer is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii. The type locality is Kīlauea.
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N. ensifer is a xerophilous species that can thrive in dry climates. In Colima, colonies are frequent among the basins, but rarely are they found in the mountainous regions. N. ensifer ants prefer to nest in the sand and under large stones, as certain areas in Manzanillo had no stones buried in the soil and no colonies were found alongside hills with plain soil. Most colonies are found under stones with no noticeable craters surrounding the nest entrance, although one colony was found under an Acacia plant.
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Excavated nests showed no evidence that these ants collect seeds, and no workers were seen collecting them or carrying them back to the nest. N. ensifer ants are solitary foragers that work 25 ft (7 m) away from their home nest. N. ensifer predominantly feeds on insects they prey on, consuming dead insects such as ichneumon wasps, bembicine wasps and small moths. When a worker discovers a dead insect, it will start to pull and carry it back to the nest immediately, and other nestmates will join once they detect it.
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The only known predator of N. ensifer is the giant horned lizard (Phrynosoma asio). While nothing is known about its reproduction, nuptial flight may take place during spring or summer, where queens establish their nests under stones and other objects.
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Brown comments that N. manni was described as a new species because of the supposed distinct features between two type specimens of N. ensifer, but Brown noticed no morphological differences. The exact type locality for N. manni is unknown, but entomologist Paul Kannowski speculates that the ant is restricted to arid scrub forests around the Pacific Slope in Mexico. This speculation is consistent with the preferred habitat of N. ensifer. Novomessor was synonymized in 1974, although evidence to retain it as a valid genus emerged when scientists discovered an exocrine gastral glandular system in two Novomessor species and none in Aphaenogaster.
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HyperbaeninaeCadena-Castañeda (2019) Zootaxa 4605(1): 11. is a subfamily of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the family Gryllacrididae; Hyperbaenus ensifer is the type species. The known distribution includes tropical: central and southern America, Africa and mainland Asia to Australasia.
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The genus is sometimes referred to as Ensifer (the older term) instead of Sinorhizobium. Two major subgroups include S.medicae strain A321 and S. medicae strain WSM419. this phylogenetic tree shows relatedness to the rest of the Rhizobiaceae family based on 16s rRNA gene sequences.
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Coprophanaeus ensifer can reach a length of about .Scarabaeinae This large-sized necrophagous beetle has a horn on the pronotum that is of similar size in males and females. The body colour is usually dark green.Endres, Ana Aline; Hernandez, Malva Isabel Medina and Creao-Duarte, Antônio José.
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Sinorhizobium is a combination of Medieval Latin sino (which means "China"), Greek rhizo (which means "root"), and New Latin bios (which means "life"). Thus, the generic name means "a bacterium living in a root in China". The other name is from the New Latin term ensifer, which means "sword-bearing" or "sword-bearer".
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Workers do not cooperate with each other and pull the insect from all directions, accidentally tearing it apart. However, the workers will eventually have a piece of the insect left and return it to the nest. The only known predator of N. ensifer is the giant horned lizard (Phrynosoma asio). Mites and Springtail arthropods are known to dwell inside nests, but their function or purpose within a colony is unknown.
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N. ensifer is endemic to Mexico and can be found in tropical dry forests at altitudes of between above sea level. In some cases, colonies have been found below the Pacific Slope. The ant is found throughout several Mexican states within the east, including Guerrero and Michoacán from the south, and Colima and Jalisco from the north. Nests are commonly found in basins and mountains along the Pacific Slope in pine-oak forests.
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Heterocarpus ensifer is a species of deep-water shrimp. The nominate subspecies is found in the Atlantic Ocean from Spain and Madeira to Angola and from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; other subspecies occur in the Pacific Ocean and around the Philippines and Indonesia. Despite being one of the most abundant shrimp in some areas, its biology is still poorly known. These deep water crustaceans are most copious between 300 and 400m.
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The ant is ferruginous-colored in some certain parts of the body, and small workers (nanitics) in incipient colonies are noticeably different in color and body structure. N. ensifer is active throughout the day, where they forage on the ground and sometimes on low herbs. Colonies are found under stones and other objects in tropical dry forests and pine-oak forests. These ants are solitary foragers and predominantly feed on insects such as wasps and moths.
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Sargocentron ensifer, more commonly known as the yellow-striped squirrelfish, is a member of the family Holocentridae. It is native to the Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to New Caledonia, Hawaii and the Pitcairn Islands. It lives in deep reefs at depths between , hiding in crevices by day and foraging for food by night. It feeds on small fishes and crustaceans and can reach sizes of up to SL, though a length of TL is more common.
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Undeterred by the death of his brother, Alberto goes after the killer. Returning home, he noticed, in a magazine, a beetle similar to what Hugo had received, the name was Phanaeus ensifer, which means "sword bearer." Then, he begins to delve into ancient objects in order to find the killer and prevent the next crime. After some time of searching, he found an [antiquarian] who sold the same sword, but the shopkeeper said he did not remember who had bought it.
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It was subsequently modified to make Seaxnēat son of Woden, with the first king of Essex seven generations later: :Woden, Seaxnēat, Gesecg, Andsecg, Swaeppa, Sigefugel, Bedca, Offa, Æscwine (r. c. 527-587) The name is usually derived from "seax", the eponymous knife which was characteristic of the tribe, and (ge)-not, (ge)-nēat as "companion" (cognate with German Genosse "comrade"), resulting in a translation of "sword-companion" (gladii consors, ensifer). This interpretation of the name is due to Jacob Grimm, who identified Saxnot with the god Tiw (Zio).Grimm, Deutsche Mythologie (1935), trans.
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The giant horned lizard is a known predator of N. ensifer Unlike other Novomessor species, workers forage early in the morning and late afternoon, whereas N. cockerelli and N. albisetosus forage during the afternoon and evening. However, it is unknown whether or not these ants are active during the night. Foragers first emerge from their nests at 9 A.M. and return by 5 P.M. They are rarely seen during the middle of the day when temperatures reach 95–100 °F (35–38 °C), although the ground temperature is considerably higher. Workers are commonly seen foraging between 9 and 11 A.M. and 3 to 5 P.M. Most workers forage on the ground, but sometimes they can be seen walking on low herbage without feeding on the plants or collecting any seeds.
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