Name: Flavisphingopyxis Wang et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fla.vi.sphin.go.py’xis. L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow; N.L. fem. n. Sphingopyxis, a genus name; N.L. fem. n. Flavisphingopyxis, yellow Sphingopyxis

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Flavisphingopyxid-), fla-wi-sp^hin-go-PY-ksis

Type species: Flavisphingopyxis soli (Liu et al. 2020) 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: Sphingorhabdus Jogler et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingorhabdus Jogler et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Wang et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Sphingopyxidaceae 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 Sphingorhabdus Jogler et al. 2013. Publication: Liu Y, Du J, Zhang J, Lai Q, Shao Z, Zhu H. Sphingorhabdus soli sp. nov., isolated from Arctic soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1610-1616. 🇨🇳
  • ❗ Flavisphingopyxis 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: KCTC: 1; MCCC: 1.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Flavisphingomonas 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
    Flavisphingopyxis soli (Liu et al. 2020) Wang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000

Assigned by: 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. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 65383