Name: Sphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sphin.go’bi.um. N.L. neut. n. sphingosinum, sphingosine; from Gr. fem. n. sphinx (gen. sphingos), of sphinx; from Chem. fem. suff. -ine; N.L. pref. sphingo-, pertaining to sphingosine (in compound words condensed from sphingosinum); Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Sphingobium, sphingosine-containing life

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Sphingobi-), sp^hin-GO-bi-um

Type species: Sphingobium yanoikuyae (Yabuuchi et al. 1990) Takeuchi et al. 2001

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takeuchi M, Hamana K, Hiraishi A. Proposal of the genus Sphingomonas sensu stricto and three new genera, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis, on the basis of phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic analyses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1405-1417. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• 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
    Alterisphingobium Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Li et al. 2013 Li L, Liu H, Shi Z, Wang G. Sphingobium cupriresistens sp. nov., a copper-resistant bacterium isolated from copper mine soil, and emended description of the genus Sphingobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:604-609. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of 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. 🇨🇳
  • 🧕 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. 🇨🇳
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990. Publication: Yabuuchi E, Yano I, Oyaizu H, Hashimoto Y, Ezaki T, Yamamoto H. Proposals of Sphingomonas paucimobilis gen. nov. and comb. nov., Sphingomonas parapaucimobilis sp. nov., Sphingomonas yanoikuyae sp. nov., Sphingomonas adhaesiva sp. nov., Sphingomonas capsulata comb. nov., and two genospecies of the genus Sphingomonas. Microbiol Immunol 1990; 34:99-119. 🇯🇵
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Shingobium"; "Sphingobiumum"; "Sphinogbium".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Niharika et al. (2013), Bala et al. (2010), Cai et al. (2015), Lee et al. (2019), Feng et al. (2020). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00888 (N = 4).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 45; KCTC: 17; JCM: 16; LMG: 15; CCM: 12; KACC: 12; NBRC: 10; MTCC: 9; CCTCC: 9; CIP: 8.
  • 🧍 Sphingobium is a neo-Latin noun in the neuter gender, not in the feminine gender as cited by Takeuchi et al. 2001. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 53
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 64
Total number of child taxa: 68

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sphingobium abikonense Kumari et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium agri Huq et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium agrisoli Lu et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium algicola Lee and Jeon 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingobium algorifonticola Chen et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium amiense Ushiba et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium aquiterrae Révész et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium aromaticiconvertens Wittich et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium aromaticivastans Nguyen and Kim 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium arseniciresistens Liu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium baderi Kaur et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingobium barthaii Maeda et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingobium bisphenolivorans Qin et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium boeckii Chen et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium chinhatense Dadhwal et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingobium chlorophenolicum (Nohynek et al. 1996) Takeuchi et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Sphingobium chungangianum" Huq 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    Sphingobium chungbukense (Kim et al. 2000) Pal et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium cloacae (Fujii et al. 2001) Prakash and Lal 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium cupriresistens Li et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium cyanobacteriorum Le et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium czechense Niharika et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingobium endophyticum corrig. Zhu et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium endophyticus Zhu et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Sphingobium erigeronicola Jeong and Kim 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium estronivorans Qin et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium faniae Guo et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium fluviale Sheu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium fontiphilum Sheu et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium francense Pal et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingobium fuliginis Prakash and Lal 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium herbicidovorans (Zipper et al. 1997) Takeuchi et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium hydrophobicum Chen et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingobium indicum Pal et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium japonicum Pal et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingobium jiangsuense Zhang et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium lactosutens Kumari et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium lignivorans Allemann et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium limneticum Chen et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium lucknowense Garg et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingobium mellinum Francis et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium naphthae Chaudhary et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium nicotianae Fan et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium olei Young et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium paulinellae Lee and Jeon 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingobium phenoxybenzoativorans Cai et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium pinisoli Lee et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium psychrophilum Dahal et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium qiguonii Yan et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium quisquiliarum Bala et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium rhizovicinum Young et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium salicis Tournay et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium scionense Liang and Lloyd-Jones 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Sphingobium soli" Du et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name
    Sphingobium suberifaciens (van Bruggen et al. 1990) Chen et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingobium subterraneum Lee et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium sufflavum Sheu et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium terrigena Park et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium trunci Budsabun et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Sphingobium tyrosinilyticum" Huq et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    Sphingobium ummariense Singh and Lal 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium vermicomposti Vaz-Moreira et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium vulgare Baek et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium wenxiniae Wang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium wonjuense Jeong and Kim 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium xanthum Francis et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium xenophagum (Stolz et al. 2000) Pal et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingobium yanoikuyae (Yabuuchi et al. 1990) Takeuchi et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000

Assigned by: Chen H, Jogler M, Rohde M, Klenk HP, Busse HJ, Tindall BJ, Sproer C, Overmann J. Sphingobium limneticum sp. nov. and Sphingobium boeckii sp. nov., two freshwater planktonic members of the family Sphingomonadaceae, and reclassification of Sphingomonas suberifaciens as Sphingobium suberifaciens comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:735-743. 🇩🇪

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