Name: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

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. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Sphingomonas, a sphingosine-containing monad

Type species: Sphingomonas paucimobilis (Holmes et al. 1977) Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 34. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:320-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Takeuchi et al. 1993 Takeuchi M, Kawai F, Shimada Y, Yokota A. Taxonomic study of polyethylene glycol-utilizing bacteria: emended description of the genus Sphingomonas and new descriptions of Sphingomonas macrogoltabidus sp. nov., Sphingomonas sanguis sp. nov., and Sphingomonas terrae sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:227-238.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.
    • Validation list no. 47 does not mention the emendation proposed by Takeuchi et al.
  • Yabuuchi et al. 1999 Yabuuchi E, Kosako Y, Naka T, Suzuki S, Yano I. Proposal of Sphingomonas suberifaciens (van Bruggen, Jochimsen and Brown 1990) comb. nov., sphingomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) comb. nov., Sphingomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) comb. nov., and emendation of the genus Sphingomonas. Microbiol Immunol 1999; 43:339-349. Anonymous. Validation list no. 70. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:935-936.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.
  • Takeuchi et al. 2001 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.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 11 species from the genus.
  • Yabuuchi et al. 2002 Yabuuchi E, Kosako Y, Fujiwara N, Naka T, Matsunaga I, Ogura H, Kobayashi K. Emendation of the genus Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 and junior objective synonymy of the species of three genera, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis, in conjunction with Blastomonas ursincola. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1485-1496.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Busse et al. 2003 Busse HJ, Denner EB, Buczolits S, Salkinoja-Salonen M, Bennasar A, Kampfer P. Sphingomonas aurantiaca sp. nov., Sphingomonas aerolata sp. nov. and Sphingomonas faeni sp. nov., air- and dustborne and Antarctic, orange-pigmented, psychrotolerant bacteria, and emended description of the genus Sphingomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1253-1260.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.
  • Chen et al. 2012 Chen H, Jogler M, Rohde M, Klenk HP, Busse HJ, Tindall BJ, Sproer C, Overmann J. Reclassification and emended description of Caulobacter leidyi as Sphingomonas leidyi comb. nov., and emendation of the genus Sphingomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2835-2843. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:799-800.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Feng et al. 2017 Feng GD, Yang SZ, Xiong X, Li HP, Zhu HH. Sphingomonas spermidinifaciens sp. nov., a novel bacterium containing spermidine as the major polyamine, isolated from an abandoned lead-zinc mine and emended descriptions of the genus Sphingomonas and the species Sphingomonas yantingensis and Sphingomonas japonica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2160-2165. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000. Publication: Kosako Y, Yabuuchi E, Naka T, Fujiwara N, Kobayashi K. Proposal of Spingomonadaceae fam. nov., consisting of Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990, Erythrobacter Shiba and Shimidu 1982, Erythromicrobium Yurkov et al. 1994, Porphyrobacter Fuerst et al. 1993, Zymomonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936, and Sandaracinobacter Yurkov et al. 1997, with the type genus Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990. Microbiol Immunol 2000; 44:563-575.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Sphingomonadales Yabuuchi and Kosako 2006. Publication: Yabuuchi E, Kosako Y. Order IV. Sphingomonadales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 230-233.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Holmes B, Owen RJ, Evans A, Malnick H, Willcox WR. Pseudomonas paucimobilis, a new species isolated from human clinical specimens, the hospital environment, and other sources. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:133-146.
  • Comparative analysis of 16s rDNA sequences suggests that the genus Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 is synonymous with Rhizomonas van Bruggen et al. 1990. If so, Rhizomonas has nomenclatural priority [Rule 24b (2)]. However, the name Rhizomonas is illegitimate (see: Rhizomonas van Bruggen et al. 1990). Publication: Young JM, Saddler GS, Takikawa Y, De Boer SH, Vauterin L, Gardan L, Gvozdyak RI, Stead DE. Names of plant pathogenic bacteria 1864-1995. Review of plant pathology 1996; 75:721-763.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 129
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 148
Total number of child taxa: 159

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sphingomonas abaci Busse et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas adhaesiva Yabuuchi et al. 1990	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas aeria Xue et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas aerolata Busse et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas aerophila Kim et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas aestuarii Roh et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas agri Siddiqi et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas alaskensis Vancanneyt et al. 2001	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas alpina Margesin et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas antarctica Huang et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas aquatica Choi et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas aquatilis Lee et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas aracearum Wang et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas arantia Jia et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas aromaticivorans Balkwill et al. 1997	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas asaccharolytica Takeuchi et al. 1995	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas astaxanthinifaciens Asker et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas aurantiaca Busse et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas azotifigens Xie and Yokota 2006	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas canadensis Abraham et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas capsulata (Leifson 1962) Yabuuchi et al. 1990	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas carotinifaciens Madhaiyan et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas carri Lee et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas changbaiensis Zhang et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    "Sphingomonas chloroacetimidivorans" Chen et al. 2015	not validly published
    Sphingomonas chlorophenolica Nohynek et al. 1996	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas chungbukensis Kim et al. 2000	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas cloacae Fujii et al. 2001	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas colocasiae Lin et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas crocodyli Sheu et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas crusticola Zhang et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas cynarae Talà et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas daechungensis Huy et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas deserti Liu et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas desiccabilis Reddy and Garcia-Pichel 2007	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas difficilis Feng et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas dokdonensis Yoon et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas echinoides (Heumann 1962) Denner et al. 1999	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas edaphi Kim et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas endophytica Huang et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas faeni Busse et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas faucium Liu et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas fennica Wittich et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas flava corrig. Du et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas flavalba Zhou et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas flavus (sic) Du et al. 2015	misspelling	synonym
    Sphingomonas floccifaciens Fan et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas fonticola Sheu et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas formosensis Lin et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas frigidaeris Lee and Jeon 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas gei Zhu et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas gilva Zhu et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas gimensis Feng et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas ginkgonis Cha et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas ginsengisoli An et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas ginsenosidimutans Choi et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    "Sphingomonas ginsenosidivorax" Jin et al. 2013	not validly published
    Sphingomonas glacialis Zhang et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas gotjawalisoli Lee et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas guangdongensis Feng et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas haloaromaticamans Wittich et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas hankookensis Yoon et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    "Sphingomonas hankyongensis" Yun et al. 2016	not validly published
    Sphingomonas hengshuiensis Wei et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas herbicidovorans Zipper et al. 1997	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas histidinilytica Nigam et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    "Sphingomonas humi" Yi et al. 2010	not validly published
    "Sphingomonas hunanensis" Chen et al. 2011	not validly published
    Sphingomonas hylomeconis Akbar et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas indica Niharika et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas insulae Yoon et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas japonica Romanenko et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas jaspsi Asker et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas jatrophae Madhaiyan et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas jeddahensis Wübbeler et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas jejuensis Park et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas jinjuensis Chung et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas kaistensis Kim et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas koreensis Lee et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas kyeonggiense (sic) Son et al. 2014	misspelling	synonym
    Sphingomonas kyeonggiensis corrig. Son et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas kyungheensis Son et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas lacus Kim et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas laterariae Kaur et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas leidyi (Poindexter 1964) Chen et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas lenta Feng et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas limnosediminicola Lee et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas lutea Lee et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas macrogoltabidus Takeuchi et al. 1993	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas mali Takeuchi et al. 1995	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas melonis Buonaurio et al. 2002	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas mesophila Li et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas metalli Feng et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    "Sphingomonas mohensis" Han et al. 2016	not validly published
    Sphingomonas molluscorum Romanenko et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas montana Manandhar et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas montis Chaudhary et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas morindae Liu et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas mucosissima Reddy and Garcia-Pichel 2007	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas naasensis Kim et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas naphthae Chaudhary and Kim 2016	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Yabuuchi et al. 1999	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas olei Chaudhary and Kim 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas oleivorans Chen et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas oligoaromativorans Han et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas oligophenolica Ohta et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas oryziterrae Chung et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas paeninsulae Geng et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas palustris Lee et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas panacis Singh et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas panaciterrae Sukweenadhi et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas panni Busse et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas parapaucimobilis Yabuuchi et al. 1990	validly published	correct name
    "Sphingomonas parvus" Ahn et al. 2015	not validly published
    Sphingomonas paucimobilis (Holmes et al. 1977) Yabuuchi et al. 1990	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas phyllosphaerae Rivas et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas piscinae Chen et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas pituitosa Denner et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans Luo et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas populi Li et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas prati Manandhar et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas pruni Takeuchi et al. 1995	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas pseudosanguinis Kämpfer et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas psychrolutea Liu et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas qilianensis Piao et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas rhizophila Yan et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas rosa Takeuchi et al. 1995	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas roseiflava corrig. Yun et al. 2000	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas roseoflava (sic) Yun et al. 2000	misspelling	synonym
    Sphingomonas rubra Huo et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas sanguinis corrig. Takeuchi et al. 1993	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas sanguis (sic) Takeuchi et al. 1993	misspelling	synonym
    Sphingomonas sanxanigenens Huang et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas sediminicola An et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas silvisoli Ko et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas solaris Tanner et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas soli Yang et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas spermidinifaciens Feng et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas starnbergensis Chen et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas stygia Balkwill et al. 1997	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas subarctica Nohynek et al. 1996	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas suberifaciens (van Bruggen et al. 1990) Yabuuchi et al. 1999	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas subterranea Balkwill et al. 1997	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas tabacisoli Zhou et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas taejonensis Lee et al. 2001	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas terrae Takeuchi et al. 1993	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas trueperi Kämpfer et al. 1997	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas turrisvirgatae Thaller et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Yabuuchi et al. 1999	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas vulcanisoli Lee et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas wittichii Yabuuchi et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas xenophaga Stolz et al. 2000	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas xinjiangensis An et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas yabuuchiae Li et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas yanoikuyae Yabuuchi et al. 1990	validly published	synonym
    Sphingomonas yantingensis Huang et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas yunnanensis Zhang et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas zeae Kämpfer et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Sphingomonas zeicaulis Gao et al. 2016	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000

Assigned by: Kosako Y, Yabuuchi E, Naka T, Fujiwara N, Kobayashi K. Proposal of Spingomonadaceae fam. nov., consisting of Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990, Erythrobacter Shiba and Shimidu 1982, Erythromicrobium Yurkov et al. 1994, Porphyrobacter Fuerst et al. 1993, Zymomonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936, and Sandaracinobacter Yurkov et al. 1997, with the type genus Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990. Microbiol Immunol 2000; 44:563-575.

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