Name: Elkelangia baekryungensis (Yoon et al. 2005) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sphingopyxis baekryungensis Yoon et al. 2005

Etymology: baek.ryung.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. baekryungensis, of Baekryung Island, an island of the Yellow Sea in Korea where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 16222; KCTC 12231; SW-150

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY608604 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, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Novosphingopyxis baekryungensis (Yoon et al. 2005) Feng et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingopyxis baekryungensis Yoon et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Novosphingopyxis baekryungensis (Yoon et al. 2005) Feng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Elkelangia Hördt et al. 2020. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Elkelangia 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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