Genus Sphingoaurantiacus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Sphingoaurantiacus Kim et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sphingoaurantiacus polygranulatus Kim et al. 2016.
Etymology: N.L. n. sphingosinum (from Gr. gen. n. sphingos, of the sphinx, and suff. -ine), sphingosine; N.L. pref. sphingo, pertaining to sphingosine; N.L. masc. adj. aurantiacus, orange-coloured; N.L. masc. n. Sphingoaurantiacus, a sphingosine-containing orange-coloured organism.
Valid publication: KIM, M., KANG, O., ZHANG, Y., REN, L., CHANG, X., JIANG, F., FANG, C., ZHENG, C. and PENG, F. 2016. Sphingoaurantiacus polygranulatus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from high-Arctic tundra soil, and emended descriptions of the genera Sandarakinorhabdus, Polymorphobacter and Rhizorhabdus and the species Sandarakinorhabdus limnophila, Rhizorhabdus argentea and Sphingomonas wittichii. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 91-100.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Sphingoaurantiacus Kim et al. 2016 emend. Tan et al. 2016.
Reference: TAN, Y., WANG, Y., WANG, D., WANG, G. and ZHENG, S. 2016. Sphingoaurantiacus capsulatus sp. nov., isolated from mountain soil, and emended description of the genus Sphingoaurantiacus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4930-4935.
Original article.
Sphingoaurantiacus capsulatus Tan et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YLT33=CCTCC AB 2015150=KCTC 42644.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT321369.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. capsulatus, encapsulated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: TAN, Y., WANG, Y., WANG, D., WANG, G. and ZHENG, S. 2016. Sphingoaurantiacus capsulatus sp. nov., isolated from mountain soil, and emended description of the genus Sphingoaurantiacus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4930-4935.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sphingoaurantiacus polygranulatus Kim et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MC 3718=CCTCC AB 2014274=LMG 28636.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP274054.
Etymology: Gr. adj. polys, many; N.L. masc. adj. granulatus, granulated; N.L. masc. adj. polygranulatus, with many granules.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: KIM, M., KANG, O., ZHANG, Y., REN, L., CHANG, X., JIANG, F., FANG, C., ZHENG, C. and PENG, F. 2016. Sphingoaurantiacus polygranulatus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from high-Arctic tundra soil, and emended descriptions of the genera Sandarakinorhabdus, Polymorphobacter and Rhizorhabdus and the species Sandarakinorhabdus limnophila, Rhizorhabdus argentea and Sphingomonas wittichii. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 91-100.
Original article in IJSEM Online