Genus Sphingosinithalassobacter

Name: Sphingosinithalassobacter Hetharua et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sphin.go.si.ni.tha.las.so.bac’ter. Gr. fem. n. sphinx (gen. sphingos), the sphinx; N.L. neut. n. sphingosinum, sphingosine; Gr. fem. n. thalassa, the sea; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Sphingosinithalassobacter, sphingosine-containing rod bacterium from the sea

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Sphingosinithalassobacter-), sp^hin-go-si-ni-t^ha-las-so-BAK-ter

Type species: Sphingosinithalassobacter portus Hetharua et al. 2019

Valid publication: Hetharua B, Min D, Liao H, Guo W, Lin X, Xu H, Tian Y. Sphingosinithalassobacter portus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Sphingomonadaceae isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2834-2840. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3663-3665.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Stakelama Chen et al. 2010

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Stakelama Chen et al. 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Stakelama Chen et al. 2010. 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 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. 🇬🇧
- ❗ Sphingosinithalassobacter is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCCC: 2; JCM: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Sphingosinithalassobacter portus Hetharua et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Sphingosinithalassobacter tenebrarum Zheng and Sun 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000

Assigned by: Hetharua B, Min D, Liao H, Guo W, Lin X, Xu H, Tian Y. Sphingosinithalassobacter portus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Sphingomonadaceae isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2834-2840. 🇨🇳

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