Name: Alterinovosphingobium umbonatum (Sheu et al. 2020) Wang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Novosphingobium umbonatum Sheu et al. 2020

Etymology: um.bo.na’tum. N.L. neut. adj. umbonatum, bossed, umbonate, referring to the umbonate elevations of outgrown colonies on solid culture media; from L. masc. n. umbo, a shield boss (gen. umbonis)

Pronunciation, gender: um-bo-NA-tum, neuter

Type strain: BCRC 81052; FSY-9; KCTC 52813; LMG 30054

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT627669 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 umbonatum Sheu et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Alterinovosphingobium umbonatum 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: 65423