Genus Sphingomicrobium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 6
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Sphingomicrobium Kämpfer et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sphingomicrobium lutaoense Kämpfer et al. 2012.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: XXX.
Etymology: N.L. n. sphingosinum (from Gr. gen. n. sphingos, of sphinx, and suff. -ine), sphingosine; N.L. pref. sphingo-, pertaining to sphingosine; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Sphingomicrobium, a sphingosine-containing microbe.
Valid publication: KÄMPFER (P.), ARUN (A.B.), YOUNG (C.C.), BUSSE (H.J.), KASSMANNHUBER (J.), ROSSELLÓ-MÓRA (R.), GEUEKE (B.), REKHA (P.D.) and CHEN (W.M.): Sphingomicrobium lutaoense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a coastal hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1326-1330.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Sphingomicrobium Kämpfer et al. 2012 emend. Shahina et al. 2013.
Reference: SHAHINA, M., HAMEED, A., LIN, S.-Y., HSU, Y.-H., LIU, Y.-C., CHENG, I.-C., LEE, M.-R., LAI, W.-A., LEE, R.-J. and YOUNG, C.-C. 2013. Sphingomicrobium astaxanthinifaciens sp. nov., an astaxanthin-producing glycolipid-rich bacterium isolated from surface seawater and emended description of the genus Sphingomicrobium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3415-3422.
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→ Sphingomicrobium Kämpfer et al. 2012 emend. Shahina et al. 2013 emend. Shahina et al. 2013.
Reference: SHAHINA, M., HAMEED, A., LIN, S.-Y., HSU, Y.-H., LIU, Y.-C., HUANG, Y.-M., LIN, J.-C. and YOUNG, C.-C. 2013. Sphingomicrobium marinum sp. nov. and Sphingomicrobium flavum sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater, and emended description of the genus Sphingomicrobium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4469-4476.
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Sphingomicrobium aestuariivivum Park et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AH-M8=KCTC 42286=NBRC 110678.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM591917.
Etymology: L. neut. n. aestuarium -i, tidal flat; L. neut. adj. vivum, alive; N.L. neut. adj. aestuariivivum, living in tidal flat.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PARK, S., PARK, J. M., SUN JOO, E., WON, S. M., KYUM KIM, M. and YOON, J. H. 2015. Sphingomicrobium aestuariivivum sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2678-2683.
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Sphingomicrobium arenosum Zhang et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CAU 1457=KCTC 62233=NBRC 113094.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MH091576.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. arenosum, sandy, dwelling in marine sediment sand.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZHANG, Q., KANJANASUNTREE, R., KIM, J. H., YOON, J. H., SUKHOOM, A., KANTACHOTE, D. and KIM, W. 2018. Sphingomicrobium arenosum sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2551-2556.
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Sphingomicrobium astaxanthinifaciens Shahina et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CC-AMO-30B=JCM 18551=BCRC 80465.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX235675.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. astaxanthinum, astaxanthin; L. part. adj. faciens, making/producing; N.L. part. adj. astaxanthinifaciens, astaxanthin-producing.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: SHAHINA, M., HAMEED, A., LIN, S.-Y., HSU, Y.-H., LIU, Y.-C., CHENG, I.-C., LEE, M.-R., LAI, W.-A., LEE, R.-J. and YOUNG, C.-C. 2013. Sphingomicrobium astaxanthinifaciens sp. nov., an astaxanthin-producing glycolipid-rich bacterium isolated from surface seawater and emended description of the genus Sphingomicrobium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3415-3422.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sphingomicrobium flavum Shahina et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CC-AMZ-30N=JCM 18555=BCRC 80467.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX393854.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. flavum, yellow, the colour of colonies or pigments that the bacterium produces.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: SHAHINA, M., HAMEED, A., LIN, S.-Y., HSU, Y.-H., LIU, Y.-C., HUANG, Y.-M., LIN, J.-C. and YOUNG, C.-C. 2013. Sphingomicrobium marinum sp. nov. and Sphingomicrobium flavum sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater, and emended description of the genus Sphingomicrobium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4469-4476.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CC-TBT-3 = CCM 7794 = DSM 24194.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU564841.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. lutaoense, of or belonging to Lutao, an island of Taiwan.
Valid publication: KÄMPFER (P.), ARUN (A.B.), YOUNG (C.C.), BUSSE (H.J.), KASSMANNHUBER (J.), ROSSELLÓ-MÓRA (R.), GEUEKE (B.), REKHA (P.D.) and CHEN (W.M.): Sphingomicrobium lutaoense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a coastal hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1326-1330.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sphingomicrobium marinum Shahina et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CC-AMZ-30M=JCM 18554=BCRC 80466.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX235672.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. marinum, of or belonging to the sea, marine.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: SHAHINA, M., HAMEED, A., LIN, S.-Y., HSU, Y.-H., LIU, Y.-C., HUANG, Y.-M., LIN, J.-C. and YOUNG, C.-C. 2013. Sphingomicrobium marinum sp. nov. and Sphingomicrobium flavum sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater, and emended description of the genus Sphingomicrobium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4469-4476.
Original article in IJSEM Online