Name: Sphingoaurantiacus capsulatus Tan et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cap.su.la’tus. N.L. masc. adj. capsulatus, encapsulated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2015150; KCTC 42644; YLT33

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16S rRNA gene: KT321369 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tan Y, Wang Y, Wang D, Wang G, Zheng S. Sphingoaurantiacus capsulatus sp. nov., isolated from mountain soil, and emended description of the genus Sphingoaurantiacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4930-4935.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Sphingoaurantiacus Kim et al. 2016

Assigned by: Tan Y, Wang Y, Wang D, Wang G, Zheng S. Sphingoaurantiacus capsulatus sp. nov., isolated from mountain soil, and emended description of the genus Sphingoaurantiacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4930-4935.

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Record number: 794931