Name: Alterisphingomonas pruni (Takeuchi et al. 1995) Wang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sphingomonas pruni Takeuchi et al. 1995

Etymology: pru’ni. L. fem. n. prunus, a plum-tree, and also the genus of peach (Prunus); N.L. gen. fem. n. pruni, of Prunus, intended to mean of peach (Prunus persica), the source of the organism

Pronunciation, gender: PRU-ni, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51838; DSM 10566; HAMBI 2069; IFO 15498; JCM 10277; KCTC 2824; LMG 18380; NBRC 15498; NCIMB 13411; Y-250

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16S rRNA gene: Y09637 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: Sphingomonas pruni Takeuchi et al. 1995

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingomonas pruni Takeuchi et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Alterisphingomonas 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.
  • ❗ Alterisphingomonas pruni 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 Alterisphingomonas.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-03.
  • 🙅 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: Alterisphingomonas 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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