Name: Sinomonas humi Lee et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hu’mi. L. gen. fem. n. humi, of soil, ground

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: si-NO-mo-nas HU-mi, feminine

Type strain: DSM 29362; MCCC 1K00410; MUSC 117; NBRC 110653

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC964537 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee LH, Azman AS, Zainal N, Yin WF, Mutalib NS, Chan KG. Sinomonas humi sp. nov., an amylolytic actinobacterium isolated from mangrove forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:996-1002. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1701-1702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07002 (N = 21).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Sinomonas Zhou et al. 2009

Assigned by: Lee LH, Azman AS, Zainal N, Yin WF, Mutalib NS, Chan KG. Sinomonas humi sp. nov., an amylolytic actinobacterium isolated from mangrove forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:996-1002. 🇦🇺

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