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Species Sphingobacterium composti

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Bacteroidota Sphingobacteriia Sphingobacteriales Sphingobacteriaceae Sphingobacterium Sphingobacterium composti

Name: Sphingobacterium composti Yoo et al. 2007

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: com.pos’ti. N.L. gen. neut. n. composti, of compost

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sphin-go-bak-TE-ri-um kom-POS-ti, neuter

Type strain: 4M24; DSM 18850; JCM 16391T; KACC 11313; NBRC 106383

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16S rRNA gene: EF122436 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Yoo SH, Weon HY, Jang HB, Kim BY, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Sphingobacterium composti sp. nov., isolated from cotton-waste composts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1590-1593. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name, later homonym

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

Correct name: Sphingobacterium allocomposti Goo and Li 2024

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 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 15 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙅 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.
    • 🧍 Later homonym of Sphingobacterium composti Ten et al. 2007; illegitimate name, should not be used. Publication: Ten LN, Liu Q-M, Im W-T, Aslam Z, Lee S-T. Sphingobacterium composti sp. nov., a novel DNase-producing bacterium isolated from compost. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 16:1728-1733. 🇰🇷

Parent taxon: Sphingobacterium Yabuuchi et al. 1983

Assigned by: Yoo SH, Weon HY, Jang HB, Kim BY, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Sphingobacterium composti sp. nov., isolated from cotton-waste composts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1590-1593. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 786529

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