Genus Sphingobacterium

Name: Sphingobacterium Yabuuchi et al. 1983

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. n. sphingosinum, sphingosine; from Gr. gen. n. sphingos, of sphinx; from suff. -ine; N.L. pref. sphingo-, pertaining to sphingosine; L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod, and in biology a bacterium (so called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped); N.L. neut. n. Sphingobacterium, a sphingosine-containing bacterium

Type species: Sphingobacterium spiritivorum (Holmes et al. 1982) Yabuuchi et al. 1983

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid publication: Yabuuchi E, Kaneko T, Yano I, Moss CW, Miyoshi N. Sphingobacterium gen. nov., Sphingobacterium spiritivorum comb. nov., Sphingobacterium multivorum comb. nov., Sphingobacterium mizutae sp. nov., and Flavobacterium indologenes sp. nov.: glucose-nonfermenting gram-negative rods in CDC groups IIK-2 and IIb. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:580-598.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Emendations:
- Wauters et al. 2012 Wauters G, Janssens M, De Baere T, Vaneechoutte M, Deschaght P. Isolates belonging to CDC group II-i belong predominantly to Sphingobacterium mizutaii Yabuuchi et al. 1983: emended descriptions of S. mizutaii and of the genus Sphingobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2598-2601. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:399-400.

Notes:
- Nomenclatural type of the family Sphingobacteriaceae Steyn et al. 1998. Publication: Steyn PL, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Sandra P, Kersters K, Joubert JJ. Classification of heparinolytic bacteria into a new genus, Pedobacter, comprising four species: Pedobacter heparinus comb. nov., Pedobacter piscium comb. nov., Pedobacter africanus sp. nov. and Pedobacter saltans sp. nov. proposal of the family Sphingobacteriaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:165-177.
- Nomenclatural type of the order Sphingobacteriales Kämpfer 2012. Publication: Kämpfer P. Order I. Sphingobacteriales ord. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 330.
- The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Holmes B, Weaver RE, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ. A taxonomic study of Flavobacterium spiritivorum and Sphingobacterium mizutae: proposal of Flavobacterium yabuuchiae sp. nov. and Flavobacterium mizutaii comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:348-353.
- The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Holmes B, Owen RJ, Hollis DG. Flavobacterium spiritivorum, a new species isolated from human clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:157-165.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 55
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 59
Total number of child taxa: 64

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Sphingobacterium alimentarium Schmidt et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium alkalisoli Xu et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium anhuiense Wei et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium antarcticum corrig. Shivaji et al. 1992	validly published	synonym
Sphingobacterium antarcticus (sic) Shivaji et al. 1992	misspelling	synonym
Sphingobacterium arenae Jiang et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium athyrii Cheng et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium bambusae Duan et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium bovisgrunnientis Kaur et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium caeni Sun et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium canadense Mehnaz et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium cavernae Zhou et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium cellulitidis Huys et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium changzhouense Liu et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium chuzhouense Wang et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium cibi Lai et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium cladoniae Lee et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium composti Yoo et al. 2007	validly published, illegitimate name, later homonym	in need of a replacement
Sphingobacterium composti Ten et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium corticibacter Li et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium corticis Li et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium daejeonense Kim et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium detergens Marqués et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium faecium Takeuchi and Yokota 1993	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium ginsenosidimutans Son et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium gobiense Zhao et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium griseoflavum Long et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium haloxyli Liu et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium heparinum (Payza and Korn 1956) Takeuchi and Yokota 1993	validly published	synonym
Sphingobacterium hotanense Xiao et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium humi Lee et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium jejuense Siddiqi et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium kitahiroshimense Matsuyama et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium kyonggiense Choi and Lee 2012	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium lactis Schmidt et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium mizutae (sic) Yabuuchi et al. 1983	misspelling	synonym
Sphingobacterium mizutaii corrig. Yabuuchi et al. 1983	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium mucilaginosum Du et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium multivorum (Holmes et al. 1981) Yabuuchi et al. 1983	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium nematocida Liu et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium olei Liu et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium pakistanense corrig. Ahmed et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium pakistanensis (sic) Ahmed et al. 2015	misspelling	synonym
Sphingobacterium paludis Feng et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium piscium Takeuchi and Yokota 1993	validly published	synonym
Sphingobacterium populi Li et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium praediipecoris Le et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium psychroaquaticum Albert et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium puteale He et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
"Sphingobacterium rhinocerotis" Li et al. 2015	not validly published
Sphingobacterium shayense He et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium siyangense Liu et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium solani Niu et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium soli Fu et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium spiritivorum (Holmes et al. 1982) Yabuuchi et al. 1983	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium suaedae Sun et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium tabacisoli Zhou et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium terrae Chaudhary and Kim 2018	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium thalpophilum (Holmes et al. 1983) Takeuchi and Yokota 1993	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium thermophilum Yabe et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium wenxiniae Zhang et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
"Sphingobacterium yamdrokense" Xiao et al. 2015	not validly published
Sphingobacterium yanglingense Peng et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
Sphingobacterium zeae Kämpfer et al. 2016	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Sphingobacteriaceae Steyn et al. 1998

Assigned by: Steyn PL, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Sandra P, Kersters K, Joubert JJ. Classification of heparinolytic bacteria into a new genus, Pedobacter, comprising four species: Pedobacter heparinus comb. nov., Pedobacter piscium comb. nov., Pedobacter africanus sp. nov. and Pedobacter saltans sp. nov. proposal of the family Sphingobacteriaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:165-177.

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