Name: Alteristakelama naasensis (Kim et al. 2014) Wang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sphingomonas naasensis Kim et al. 2014

Etymology: na.a.sen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. naasensis, pertaining to NAAS, the acronym for the National Academy of Agricultural Science, where the taxonomic studies on the type strain were first performed

Pronunciation, gender: na-a-SEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 100060; KACC 16534; KIS18-15; NBRC 108943

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16S rRNA gene: KC735149 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 naasensis Kim et al. 2014

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingomonas naasensis Kim et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Alteristakelama naasensis 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: 65443