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Species Sphingobacterium kitahiroshimense
Name: Sphingobacterium kitahiroshimense Matsuyama et al. 2008
Etymology: kita.hi.ro.shim.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. kitahiroshimense, pertaining to Kitahiroshima city, where the type strain was isolated
Type strain: 10C; JCM 14970; NCIMB 14398
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16S rRNA gene:
AB361248
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Matsuyama H, Katoh H, Ohkushi T, Satoh A, Kawahara K, Yumoto I. Sphingobacterium kitahiroshimense sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1576-1579. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2247-2248.
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 4 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:
Matsuyama H, Katoh H, Ohkushi T, Satoh A, Kawahara K, Yumoto I. Sphingobacterium kitahiroshimense sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1576-1579.
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Record number: 787474
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