Name: Sphingomicrobium Kämpfer et al. 2012
Etymology: Sphin.go.mi.cro’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); N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Sphingomicrobium, a sphingosine-containing microbe
Gender: neuter (stem: Sphingomicrobi-)
Type species: Sphingomicrobium lutaoense Kämpfer et al. 2012
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: Kampfer P, Arun AB, Young CC, Busse HJ, Kassmannhuber J, Rossello-Mora R, Geueke B, Rekha PD, Chen WM. Sphingomicrobium lutaoense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a coastal hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1326-1330.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2048-2049.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 8
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Sphingomicrobium aestuariivivum Park et al. 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Sphingomicrobium arenosum Zhang et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Sphingomicrobium astaxanthinifaciens Shahina et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Sphingomicrobium flavum Shahina et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Sphingomicrobium lutaoense Kämpfer et al. 2012 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Sphingomicrobium marinum Shahina et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Sphingomicrobium nitratireducens" You et al. 2022 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Sphingomicrobium sediminis Kim et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000
Assigned by: Kampfer P, Arun AB, Young CC, Busse HJ, Kassmannhuber J, Rossello-Mora R, Geueke B, Rekha PD, Chen WM. Sphingomicrobium lutaoense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a coastal hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1326-1330.
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Record number: 518212