Species Pseudosphingomonas piscis

Name: Pseudosphingomonas piscis (Hyun et al. 2022) Wang et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Sphingomonas piscis Hyun et al. 2022

Etymology: pis’cis. L. gen. masc. n. piscis, of a fish, from which the strain was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-do-sp^hin-GO-mo-nas PIS-kis, feminine

Type strain: HDW15B; JCM 33738; KACC 21341; KCTC 72588

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN099416 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 piscis Hyun et al. 2022

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingomonas piscis Hyun et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pseudosphingomonas piscis 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 Pseudosphingomonas.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-04.
  • 🙅 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: Pseudosphingomonas 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: 65553

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