Name: Sinirhodobacter hankyongi Lee et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: han.kyong’i. N.L. gen. neut. n. hankyongi, of Hankyong National University where the strain was identified

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … han-KYON͡G-i, masculine

Type strain: BO-81; KACC 19677; LMG 30808

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16S rRNA gene: MN365231 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee YW, Hoang TS, Rhee MS, Lee SY, Im WT. Sinirhodobacter hankyongi sp. nov., a novel denitrifying bacterium isolated from sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:668-674. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Rhodobacter hankyongi (Lee et al. 2020) Huang et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodobacter hankyongi (Lee et al. 2020) Huang et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paenirhodobacter hankyongi (Lee et al. 2020) Huang et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Sinirhodobacter hankyongi 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 Sinirhodobacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Sinirhodobacter corrig. Yang et al. 2018

Assigned by: Lee YW, Hoang TS, Rhee MS, Lee SY, Im WT. Sinirhodobacter hankyongi sp. nov., a novel denitrifying bacterium isolated from sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:668-674. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 5752