Name: Alterinovosphingobium aerophilum (Liu et al. 2021) Wang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Novosphingobium aerophilum Liu et al. 2021

Etymology: a.e.ro’phi.lum. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. aerophilum, air-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-e-RO-p^hi-lum, neuter

Type strain: 4Y4; GDMCC 1.1828; KACC 21946

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16S rRNA gene: MT875279 Analyse FASTA

Valid 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. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Novosphingobium aerophilum Liu et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Novosphingobium aerophilum Liu et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Alterinovosphingobium aerophilum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Alterinovosphingobium.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-03.

Parent taxon: Alterinovosphingobium Wang et al. 2025

Assigned by: 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. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 65416