Species Novosphingopyxis iocasae

Name: Novosphingopyxis iocasae Zhou et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: io’ca.sae. N.L. gen. fem. n. iocasae, name arbitrarily formed from IOCAS, the acronym for Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in which the microbiologists who first isolated the organism worked

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-wo-sp^hin-go-PY-xis IO-ka-sa͡e, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2019195; JCM 34178; pb63

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16S rRNA gene: MT886698 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhou HZ, Zhang J, Sun QL. Description of Novosphingopyxis iocasae sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment from the Mariana Trench, and emended description of the genus Novosphingopyxis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4910. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5006.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Novosphingopyxis Feng et al. 2020

Assigned by: Zhou HZ, Zhang J, Sun QL. Description of Novosphingopyxis iocasae sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment from the Mariana Trench, and emended description of the genus Novosphingopyxis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4910. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 20134