Name: Alterinovosphingobium flavum (Nguyen et al. 2016) Wang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Novosphingobium flavum Nguyen et al. 2016

Etymology: fla’vum. L. neut. adj. flavum, yellow, referring to the colour of the colonies

Pronunciation, gender: FLA-wum, neuter

Type strain: KACC 18571; NBRC 111647; UCM 28

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16S rRNA gene: KT750339 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 flavum Nguyen et al. 2016

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Novosphingobium flavum Nguyen et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Alterinovosphingobium flavum 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: 65418