Name: Alteristakelama azotifigens (Xie and Yokota 2006) Wang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sphingomonas azotifigens Xie and Yokota 2006

Etymology: a.zo.ti.fi’gens. N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; from French masc. n. azote, nitrogen; L. pres. part. figens, fixing, attaching; N.L. fem. part. adj. azotifigens, nitrogen-fixing

Pronunciation, gender: a-zo-ti-FI-gens, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 205007; CIP 109209; DSM 18530; IAM 15283; JCM 21734; NBRC 15497; Y39

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16S rRNA gene: AB033947 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 azotifigens Xie and Yokota 2006

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingomonas azotifigens Xie and Yokota 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Alteristakelama azotifigens 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 Alteristakelama.
  • 🎓 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: Alteristakelama 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: 65436