Species ***Sphingobacterium* *faecale***

Name: Sphingobacterium faecale Chen et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae.ca’le. N.L. neut. adj. faecale, derived from faeces

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sp^hin-go-bak-TE-ri-um fa͡e-KA-le, neuter

Type strain: C459-1; CGMCC 1.18716; KCTC 82381

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16S rRNA gene: MT793579 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen M, Li N, Zhang XF, Zhou XK, Shi R, Su YX, Liu JJ, Cao Y, Mo MH, Ma L. Sphingobacterium faecale sp. nov., a 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase producing bacterium isolated from camel faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5215. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5292.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Sphingobacterium Yabuuchi et al. 1983

Assigned by: Chen M, Li N, Zhang XF, Zhou XK, Shi R, Su YX, Liu JJ, Cao Y, Mo MH, Ma L. Sphingobacterium faecale sp. nov., a 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase producing bacterium isolated from camel faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5215. 🇨🇳

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Species Sphingobacterium faecale

Species ***Sphingobacterium* *faecale***