Family Sphingobiaceae

Name: Sphingobiaceae Wang et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Sphin.go.bi.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Sphingobium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Sphingobiaceae, the Sphingobium family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sp^hin-go-bi-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Sphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001

Valid publication: Wang Y, You H, Kong YH, Sun C, Wu LH, Kim SG, Lee JS, Xu L, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6769. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingomicrobiaceae Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Sphingorhabdaceae Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhizorhabdaceae Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aquisediminimonadaceae Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Blastomonadaceae Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Parasphingopyxidaceae Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Sphingopyxidaceae Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Wang et al. (2025) assigned this family to the order Sphingomonadales Yabuuchi and Kosako 2006. Publication: Wang Y, You H, Kong YH, Sun C, Wu LH, Kim SG, Lee JS, Xu L, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6769. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Wang et al. (2025) assigned the genus Sphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001 to this family. Publication: Wang Y, You H, Kong YH, Sun C, Wu LH, Kim SG, Lee JS, Xu L, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6769. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Wang et al. (2025) assigned the genus Rhizorhapis Francis et al. 2014 to this family. Publication: Wang Y, You H, Kong YH, Sun C, Wu LH, Kim SG, Lee JS, Xu L, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6769. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Wang et al. (2025) assigned the genus Alterisphingobium Wang et al. 2025 to this family. Publication: Wang Y, You H, Kong YH, Sun C, Wu LH, Kim SG, Lee JS, Xu L, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6769. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Wang et al. (2025) assigned the genus Parasphingobium Wang et al. 2025 to this family. Publication: Wang Y, You H, Kong YH, Sun C, Wu LH, Kim SG, Lee JS, Xu L, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6769. 🇨🇳
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000. Publication: Chen H, Jogler M, Rohde M, Klenk HP, Busse HJ, Tindall BJ, Sproer C, Overmann J. Sphingobium limneticum sp. nov. and Sphingobium boeckii sp. nov., two freshwater planktonic members of the family Sphingomonadaceae, and reclassification of Sphingomonas suberifaciens as Sphingobium suberifaciens comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:735-743. 🇩🇪
  • 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000. Publication: Wang Y, You H, Kong YH, Sun C, Wu LH, Kim SG, Lee JS, Xu L, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6769. 🇨🇳
  • 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000. Publication: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪
  • ❗ Sphingobiaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Parent taxon: Sphingomonadales Yabuuchi and Kosako 2006

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Yabuuchi E, Kosako Y. Order IV. Sphingomonadales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 230-233. 🇺🇸

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