Name: Alterinovosphingobium ovatum (Chen et al. 2020) Wang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Novosphingobium ovatum Chen et al. 2020

Etymology: o.va’tum. L. neut. part. adj. ovatum, egg shaped, ovate, referring to the shape of this bacterium as oval-shaped

Pronunciation, gender: o-WA-tum, neuter

Type strain: BCRC 81051; FSY-8; KCTC 52812; LMG 30053

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16S rRNA gene: LT627668 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 ovatum Chen et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Novosphingobium ovatum Chen et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Alterinovosphingobium ovatum 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: 65420