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Species Sphingobacterium hotanense
Name: Sphingobacterium hotanense Xiao et al. 2013
Etymology: ho.tan.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. hotanense, of or pertaining to Hotan River valley in Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region, PR China, where the type strain was isolated
Type strain: CCTCC AB 209007; NRRL B-59204; XH4
See detailed strain information at
16S rRNA gene:
FJ859899
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Xiao T, He X, Cheng G, Kuang H, Ma X, Yusup K, Hamdun M, Gulsimay A, Fang C, Rahman E. Sphingobacterium hotanense sp. nov., isolated from soil of a Populus euphratica forest, and emended descriptions of Sphingobacterium daejeonense and Sphingobacterium shayense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:815-820. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.
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 6 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Sphingobacterium Yabuuchi et al. 1983
Assigned by:
Xiao T, He X, Cheng G, Kuang H, Ma X, Yusup K, Hamdun M, Gulsimay A, Fang C, Rahman E. Sphingobacterium hotanense sp. nov., isolated from soil of a Populus euphratica forest, and emended descriptions of Sphingobacterium daejeonense and Sphingobacterium shayense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:815-820.
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Record number: 790574
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