Name: Agrinovosphingobium Wang et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.gri.no.vo.sphin.go’bi.um. L. masc. n. ager, a field; N.L. neut. n. Novosphingobium, a genus name; N.L. neut. n. Agrinovosphingobium, Novosphingobium from the field

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Agrinovosphingobi-), a-gri-no-wo-sp^hin-GO-bi-um

Type species: Agrinovosphingobium ipomoeae (Chen et al. 2017) Wang et al. 2025

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: Novosphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudonovosphingobium Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Flavinovosphingobium Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Novosphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alterinovosphingobium Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paranovosphingobium Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Novosphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001. Publication: Chen WM, Huang CW, Chen JC, Chen ZH, Sheu SY. Novosphingobium ipomoeae sp. nov., isolated from a water convolvulus field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3590-3596. 🇹🇼
  • ❗ Agrinovosphingobium is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 1; KCTC: 1; BCRC: 1.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Alterinovosphingobium from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Flavinovosphingobium from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Paranovosphingobium from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Pseudonovosphingobium from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Agrinovosphingobium ipomoeae (Chen et al. 2017) Wang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Erythrobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: 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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