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Family Sphingorhabdaceae
Name: Sphingorhabdaceae Wang et al. 2025
Etymology: Sphin.go.rhab.da’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Sphingorhabdus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Sphingorhabdaceae, the Sphingorhabdus family
Pronunciation, gender: sphin-go-rhab-DA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Sphingorhabdus Jogler et al. 2013
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
Correct name: Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Sphingobiaceae Wang et al. 2025 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Sphingomicrobiaceae 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
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Notes:
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🧒 Wang et al. (2025) assigned the genus Novosphingopyxis Feng et al. 2020 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.
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🧒 Wang et al. (2025) assigned the genus Parasphingorhabdus Feng et al. 2020 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.
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🧒 Wang et al. (2025) assigned the genus Sphingorhabdus Jogler et al. 2013 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.
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🧒 Wang et al. (2025) assigned the genus Alterisphingorhabdus Yan et al. 2024 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.
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🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000.
Publication:
Jogler M, Chen H, Simon J, Rohde M, Busse HJ, Klenk HP, Tindall BJ, Overmann J. Description of Sphingorhabdus planktonica gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of three related members of the genus Sphingopyxis in the genus Sphingorhabdus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1342-1349.
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🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000.
Publication:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
- ❗ Sphingorhabdaceae 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).
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🧒 Wang et al. (2025) assigned the genus Novosphingopyxis Feng et al. 2020 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.
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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