Name: Parasphingomonas echinoides (Heumann 1962) Wang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudomonas echinoides Heumann 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: e.chi.no.i’des. Gr. masc. n. echînos, hedgehog, sea-urchin; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj. echinoides, prickly, like a hedgehog or a sea-urchin, intended to mean spiny shaped

Pronunciation, gender: e-k^hi-no-I-des, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 14820; ATTC 14820; CCUG 2870; CIP 103301; DSM 1805; DSM 50409; DSM 7240; ICBP 2835; ICPB 2835; IFO 15742; LMG 7462; NBRC 15742; NCIB 9420; NCIMB 9420; NRRL B-3126

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16S rRNA gene: AB021370 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 (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Sphingomonas echinoides (Heumann 1962) Denner et al. 1999

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudomonas echinoides Heumann 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Sphingomonas echinoides (Heumann 1962) Denner et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Parasphingomonas 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. 🇨🇳
  • ❗ Parasphingomonas echinoides 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 Parasphingomonas.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-03.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Parasphingomonas 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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Record number: 65502