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Species Sphingobacterium kyonggiense

Name: Sphingobacterium kyonggiense Choi and Lee 2012

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ky.ong.gi.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. kyonggiense, of or belonging to Kyonggi, named after Kyonggi University in the Republic of Korea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sphin-go-bak-TE-ri-um ky-on͡g-gi-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: 2-1-2; JCM 16704; KEMC 2241; KEMC 2241-005

16S rRNA gene: GU358699 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Choi HA, Lee SS. Sphingobacterium kyonggiense sp. nov., isolated from chloroethene-contaminated soil, and emended descriptions of Sphingobacterium daejeonense and Sphingobacterium mizutaii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2559-2564. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:399-400.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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 2 times 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: Choi HA, Lee SS. Sphingobacterium kyonggiense sp. nov., isolated from chloroethene-contaminated soil, and emended descriptions of Sphingobacterium daejeonense and Sphingobacterium mizutaii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2559-2564. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 790272