Name: Sphingosinicella Maruyama et al. 2006

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sphin.go.si.ni.cel’la. N.L. neut. n. sphingosinum, sphingosine; L. fem. n. cella, a store-room and in biology a cell; N.L. fem. n. Sphingosinicella, sphingosine-containing cell

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Sphingosinicell-), sp^hin-go-si-ni-KEL-la

Type species: Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans Maruyama et al. 2006

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Maruyama T, Park HD, Ozawa K, Tanaka Y, Sumino T, Hamana K, Hiraishi A, Kato K. Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a microcystin-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:85-89.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Geueke et al. 2007 Geueke B, Busse HJ, Fleischmann T, Kampfer P, Kohler HP. Description of Sphingosinicella xenopeptidilytica sp. nov., a beta-peptide-degrading species, and emended descriptions of the genus Sphingosinicella and the species Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:107-113. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:659-660.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Yasir et al. 2010 Yasir M, Aslam Z, Song GC, Jeon CO, Chung YR. Sphingosinicella vermicomposti sp. nov., isolated from vermicompost, and emended description of the genus Sphingosinicella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:580-584. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1253-1255.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Qiao et al. 2019 Qiao Z, Cao M, Wang D, Liao S, Wang G. Sphingosinicella humi sp. nov., isolated from arsenic-contaminated farmland soil and emended description of the genus Sphingosinicella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:498-503. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1251-1252.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Sphingosinicellaceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
  • 🧕 Maruyama et al. (2006) assigned this genus to the family Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000. Publication: Maruyama T, Park HD, Ozawa K, Tanaka Y, Sumino T, Hamana K, Hiraishi A, Kato K. Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a microcystin-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:85-89.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sphingosincella"; "Sphingosinitha".
  • 😢 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. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 7; DSM: 5; NBRC: 3; CCTCC: 3; JCM: 2; KACC: 2; CGMCC: 1; SYSU: 1; ACCC: 1; CCUG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Sphingosinicella cucumeris" Akter et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name
    "Sphingosinicella deserti" (Liu et al. 2019) Wang et al. 2022	not validly published	synonym
    Sphingosinicella flava Chhetri et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingosinicella ginsenosidimutans Kim et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingosinicella humi Qiao et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans Maruyama et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingosinicella rhizophila Guo et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sphingosinicella soli Yoon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Sphingosinicella terrae" Wang et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Sphingosinicella vermicomposti Yasir et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sphingosinicella xenopeptidilytica Geueke et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sphingosinicellaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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