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Species Novosphingobium barchaimii

Name: Novosphingobium barchaimii Niharika et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: bar.chai’mi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. barchaimii, of Yechiel Bar-Chaim, who has served as a programme director for various Central European and North African countries for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, a philanthropic and humanitarian aid organization

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-wo-sphin-GO-bi-um bar-KHAI-mi-i, neuter

Type strain: CCM 7980; DSM 25411; LL02

16S rRNA gene: JN695619 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Niharika N, Moskalikova H, Kaur J, Sedlackova M, Hampl A, Damborsky J, Prokop Z, Lal R. Novosphingobium barchaimii sp. nov., isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:667-672. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

  • Emendations:
    • Hördt et al. 2020 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
  • Notes:
    • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.04546 (N = 15).
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Novosphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001

Assigned by: Niharika N, Moskalikova H, Kaur J, Sedlackova M, Hampl A, Damborsky J, Prokop Z, Lal R. Novosphingobium barchaimii sp. nov., isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:667-672. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 790502