Name: Alteristakelama pituitosa (Denner et al. 2001) Wang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sphingomonas pituitosa Denner et al. 2001

Etymology: pi.tu.i.to’sa. L. fem. adj. pituitosa, slimy

Pronunciation, gender: pi-tu-i-TO-sa, feminine

Type strain: CIP 106154; DSM 13101; EDIV; JCM 21727; NBRC 102491; NCIMB 13868

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16S rRNA gene: AJ243751 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang Y, You H, Kong Y-H, Sun C, Wu L-H, Kim S-G, Lee J-S, Xu L, Xu X-W. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0.

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 pituitosa Denner et al. 2001

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingomonas pituitosa Denner et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Alteristakelama pituitosa 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 Y-H, Sun C, Wu L-H, Kim S-G, Lee J-S, Xu L, Xu X-W. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0.

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Record number: 65444