Name: Parasphingomonas puruogangriensis Han et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pu.ru.o.gan.gri.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. puruogangriensis, from Puruogangri

Pronunciation, gender: pu-ru-o-gan-gri-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.25204; KACC 23640; PB4P5

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Valid publication: Han D, Xin YH, Liu Q. Diverse biofilm-forming Sphingomonadaceae represent twelve novel species isolated from glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

• Notes:
  • ❗ Parasphingomonas puruogangriensis 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-09-16.

Parent taxon: Parasphingomonas Wang et al. 2025

Assigned by: Han D, Xin YH, Liu Q. Diverse biofilm-forming Sphingomonadaceae represent twelve novel species isolated from glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6913.

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Record number: 67344