Species Pseudonovosphingobium indicum

Name: Pseudonovosphingobium indicum (Yuan et al. 2009) Wang et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Novosphingobium indicum Yuan et al. 2009

Etymology: in’di.cum. L. neut. adj. indicum, Indian, referring to the Indian Ocean, where the type strain was isolated (also as noun)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-do-no-wo-sp^hin-GO-bi-um IN-di-kum, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6784; DSM 23608; H 25; LMG 24713; MCCC 1A01080

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF549586 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 indicum Yuan et al. 2009

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Novosphingobium indicum Yuan et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pseudonovosphingobium indicum 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 Pseudonovosphingobium.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-04.

Parent taxon: Pseudonovosphingobium 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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