Subscribe to our newsletter
Sign up to our mailing list to receive updates from LPSN every few months.
Follow the ICSP and DSMZ (D3) on LinkedIn.
Species Novosphingobium ovatum
Name: Novosphingobium ovatum Chen et al. 2020
Etymology: o.va’tum. L. neut. part. adj. ovatum, egg shaped, ovate, referring to the shape of this bacterium as oval-shaped
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-WA-tum, neuter
Type strain: BCRC 81051; FSY-8; KCTC 52812; LMG 30053
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
LT627668
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Chen WM, Cai CY, Sheu DS, Tsai JM, Sheu SY. Novosphingobium ovatum sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater mesocosm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5243-5254. 
🇹🇼
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4565.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
-
Synonyms:
-
Name Kind Alterinovosphingobium ovatum (Chen et al. 2020) Wang et al. 2025 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
-
Parent taxon: Novosphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001
Assigned by:
Chen WM, Cai CY, Sheu DS, Tsai JM, Sheu SY. Novosphingobium ovatum sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater mesocosm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5243-5254. 🇹🇼
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/novosphingobium-ovatumLink copied to clipboard
Record number: 12787
This LPSN page was printed on 2026-02-10 13:11:02