Name: Paranovosphingobium kunmingense (Xie et al. 2014) Wang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Novosphingobium kunmingense Xie et al. 2014

Etymology: kun.ming.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. kunmingense, pertaining to Kunming, a region in Yunnan, China, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa-ra-no-wo-sp^hin-GO-bi-um kun-min͡g-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: 18-11HK; CGMCC 1.12274; DSM 25975

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ246446 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang Y, You H, Kong YH, Sun C, Wu LH, Kim SG, Lee JS, Xu L, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6769. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Novosphingobium kunmingense Xie et al. 2014

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Novosphingobium kunmingense Xie et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Paranovosphingobium Wang et al. 2025. Publication: Wang Y, You H, Kong YH, Sun C, Wu LH, Kim SG, Lee JS, Xu L, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6769. 🇨🇳
  • ❗ Paranovosphingobium kunmingense is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Paranovosphingobium.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-04.

Parent taxon: Paranovosphingobium Wang et al. 2025

Assigned by: Wang Y, You H, Kong YH, Sun C, Wu LH, Kim SG, Lee JS, Xu L, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6769. 🇨🇳

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