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Species Sphingobacterium ginsenosidimutans
Name: Sphingobacterium ginsenosidimutans Son et al. 2014
Etymology: gin.se.no.si.di.mu’tans. N.L. neut. n. ginsenosidum, ginsenoside; L. pres. part. mutans, transforming, converting; N.L. neut. part. adj. ginsenosidimutans, ginsenoside-converting
Pronunciation, gender: gin-se-no-si-di-MU-tans, neuter
Type strain: JCM 16722; KACC 14526; THG 7
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
GU138378
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Son HM, Yang JE, Kook MC, Shin HS, Park SY, Lee DG, Yi TH. Sphingobacterium ginsenosidimutans sp. nov., a bacterium with ginsenoside-converting activity isolated from the soil of a ginseng field. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013; 59:345-352. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1455-1458.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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:
Son HM, Yang JE, Kook MC, Shin HS, Park SY, Lee DG, Yi TH. Sphingobacterium ginsenosidimutans sp. nov., a bacterium with ginsenoside-converting activity isolated from the soil of a ginseng field. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013; 59:345-352. 🇰🇷
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Record number: 791802
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