Name: Alterisphingobium Wang et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.te.ri.sphin.go’bi.um. L. masc. pron. alter, another, other, different; N.L. neut. n. Sphingobium, a genus name; N.L. neut. n. Alterisphingobium, another or different Sphingobium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Alterisphingobi-), al-te-ri-sp^hin-GO-bi-um

Type species: Alterisphingobium jiangsuense (Zhang et al. 2012) 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: Sphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Parasphingobium Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Yabuuchia Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Sphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Wang et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Sphingobiaceae Wang et al. 2025. 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. 🇨🇳
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Sphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001. Publication: Zhang J, Lang ZF, Zheng JW, Hang BJ, Duan XQ, He J, Li SP. Sphingobium jiangsuense sp. nov., a 3-phenoxybenzoic acid-degrading bacterium isolated from a wastewater treatment system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:800-805. 🇨🇳
  • ❗ Alterisphingobium 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: DSM: 2; KACC: 2; KCTC: 2; BCRC: 1; CHR: 1; LMG: 1; NBRC: 1; CCTCC: 1.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Alterisphingomonas from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Alterisphingopyxis 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: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alterisphingobium fluviale (Sheu et al. 2020) Wang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alterisphingobium jiangsuense (Zhang et al. 2012) Wang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alterisphingobium subterraneum (Lee et al. 2015) Wang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000

Assigned by: 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. 🇩🇪

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