Name: Caenibius fulvus (Dahal and Kim 2018) Wang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Altererythrobacter fulvus Dahal and Kim 2018

Etymology: ful’vus. L. masc. adj. fulvus, deep yellow, referring to the colour of the colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … FUL-wus, masculine

Type strain: KACC 19119; KEMB 9005-542; NBRC 112676; S-54

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY117470 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: Fulverythrobacter fulvus (Dahal and Kim 2018) Lin et al. 2026

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Fulverythrobacter fulvus (Dahal and Kim 2018) Lin et al. 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Altererythrobacter fulvus Dahal and Kim 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Caenibius fulvus 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 Caenibius.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-03.

Parent taxon: Caenibius Hördt et al. 2020

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: 65457