Genus "Sphingobacterium"

Name: "Sphingobacterium" Yabuuchi et al. 1981

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Sphin.go.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Sphingobacterium, type genus of the order

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Sphingobacteri-), sp^hin-go-bak-TE-ri-um

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Yabuuchi E, Yano I, Kaneko T, Ohyama A. Classification of group II k-2 and related bacteria. In: Reichenbach H, Weeks OBe (eds), The Flavobacterium-Cytophaga Group, GBF Monograph Series No. 5., Verlag Chemie, Weinheim, 1981, p. 79-90. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Sphingobacterium Yabuuchi et al. 1983

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingobacterium Yabuuchi et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Shingobacterium"; "Sohingobacteriue"; "Sphignobacterium"; "Sphigobacterium"; "Sphinbacterium"; "Sphindobacterium"; "Sphingbacterium"; "Sphingbobacterium"; "Sphingobaclerium"; "Sphingobacte"; "Sphingobacterim"; "Sphingobacteruim"; "Sphingobactorium"; "Sphingobactrium"; "Sphingohacterium"; "Sphjngobacterium"; "Spingobacterium".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bernardet JF, Bowman JP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 7 September 2011, Sapporo, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2752-2754. 🇫🇷
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP, Bernardet JF, Frandsen Lau E. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Aerobic Bacteroidetes (formerly Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6017-6020. 🇦🇺
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 4; CCTCC: 2; JCM: 2; CGMCC: 1; ATCC: 1; DSM: 1; ACCC: 1; NCCP: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Sphingobacterium deserti" Teng et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name
    "Sphingobacterium faecis" (Wang et al. 2024) Li et al. 2026	not validly published	synonym
    "Sphingobacterium pakistanensis" Ahmed et al. 2014	not validly published	synonym
    "Sphingobacterium paramultivorum" Wang et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    "Sphingobacterium paucimobilis" White and Suttle 2013	not validly published	preferred name
    "Sphingobacterium rhinocerotis" Li et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name
    "Sphingobacterium soilsilvae" Fang et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Sphingobacterium versatilis" Yabuuchi et al. 1981	not validly published	preferred name
    "Sphingobacterium yamdrokense" Xiao et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Sphingobacteriaceae Steyn et al. 1998

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. — 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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