Species Alterinovosphingobium rosa

Name: Alterinovosphingobium rosa (Takeuchi et al. 1995) Wang et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Sphingomonas rosa Takeuchi et al. 1995

Etymology: ro’sa. L. fem. n. rosa, the rose, the source of the organism (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-te-ri-no-wo-sp^hin-GO-bi-um RO-sa, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51837; DSM 7285; HAMBI 2068; IAM 14222; IFO 15208; JCM 10276; JCM 31909; LMG 17328; NBRC 15208; NCIMB 13413; NCPPB 2661

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680810 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 (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Novosphingobium rosa corrig. (Takeuchi et al. 1995) Takeuchi et al. 2001

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Novosphingobium roseae (Takeuchi et al. 1995) Takeuchi et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Novosphingobium rosa corrig. (Takeuchi et al. 1995) Takeuchi et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Sphingomonas rosa Takeuchi et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Alterinovosphingobium Wang et al. 2025. 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. 🇨🇳
  • ❗ Alterinovosphingobium rosa 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 2026-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

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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