Name: Sphingorhabdus Jogler et al. 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sphin.go.rhab’dus. 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. fem. n. rhabdos, rod; N.L. fem. n. Sphingorhabdus, a sphingosine-containing rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Sphingorhabd-), sp^hin-go-R^HAB-dus

Type species: Sphingorhabdus planktonica Jogler et al. 2013

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jogler M, Chen H, Simon J, Rohde M, Busse HJ, Klenk HP, Tindall BJ, Overmann J. Description of Sphingorhabdus planktonica gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of three related members of the genus Sphingopyxis in the genus Sphingorhabdus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1342-1349. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allosphingorhabdus Kostovski and Oren 2026	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Flavisphingopyxis Wang et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Yang et al. 2017 Yang SZ, Xiong X, Feng GD, Li HP, Zhu HH. Reclassification of Sphingopyxis contaminans as Sphingorhabdus contaminans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Sphingorhabdus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4328-4331. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
  • Feng et al. 2020 Feng GD, Zhang XJ, Yang SZ, Li AZ, Yao Q, Zhu H. Transfer of Sphingorhabdus marina, Sphingorhabdus litoris, Sphingorhabdus flavimaris and Sphingorhabdus pacifica corrig. into the novel genus Parasphingorhabdus gen. nov. and Sphingopyxis baekryungensis into the novel genus Novosphingopyxis gen. nov. within the family Sphingomonadaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2147-2154. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 4 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Sphingorhabdaceae 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 Sphingorhabdaceae 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. 🇨🇳
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sphingorhbdus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 12; JCM: 9; DSM: 7; LMG: 3; KACC: 3; NBRC: 2; NRIC: 2; KMM: 2; MCCC: 1; CGMCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 15
Total number of child taxa: 17

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sphingorhabdus arenilitoris Park et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingorhabdus buctiana Chen et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingorhabdus contaminans (Subhash et al. 2014) Yang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Sphingorhabdus contaminans" (Subhash et al. 2014) Chen et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    Sphingorhabdus flavimaris (Yoon and Oh 2005) Jogler et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingorhabdus lacus Park et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingorhabdus litoris (Kim et al. 2008) Jogler et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingorhabdus lutea Baek et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingorhabdus marina (Kim et al. 2008) Jogler et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingorhabdus pacifica corrig. Romanenko et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingorhabdus pacificus Romanenko et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Sphingorhabdus planktonica Jogler et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingorhabdus profundilacus Park et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingorhabdus pulchriflava Jung et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingorhabdus rigui (Baik et al. 2013) Park et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingorhabdus soli Liu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingorhabdus wooponensis (Baik et al. 2013) Park et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000

Assigned by: Jogler M, Chen H, Simon J, Rohde M, Busse HJ, Klenk HP, Tindall BJ, Overmann J. Description of Sphingorhabdus planktonica gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of three related members of the genus Sphingopyxis in the genus Sphingorhabdus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1342-1349. 🇩🇪

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