Name: Cypionkella sinensis (Li et al. 2016) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudorhodobacter sinensis Li et al. 2016

Etymology: si.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. sinensis, pertaining to China, referring to the geographical origin of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … si-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.14435; KCTC 52039; Y1R2-4

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT985055 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudorhodobacter sinensis Li et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14056 (N = 44).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Cypionkella Hördt et al. 2020

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 11141