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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Novosphingobium aerophilum

Name: Novosphingobium aerophilum Liu et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.e.ro’phi.lum. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. aerophilum, air-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-e-RO-phi-lum, neuter

Type strain: 4Y4; GDMCC 1.1828; KACC 21946

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT875279 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu Y, Pei T, Du J, Huang H, Deng MR, Zhu H. Comparative genomic analysis of the genus Novosphingobium and the description of two novel species Novosphingobium aerophilum sp. nov. and Novosphingobium jiangmenense sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126202. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 200. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4846.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Novosphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001

Assigned by: Liu Y, Pei T, Du J, Huang H, Deng MR, Zhu H. Comparative genomic analysis of the genus Novosphingobium and the description of two novel species Novosphingobium aerophilum sp. nov. and Novosphingobium jiangmenense sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126202. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 19922
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