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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Sphingobacterium paucimobilis"

Name: "Sphingobacterium paucimobilis" White and Suttle 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ci.mo’bi.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, moving; N.L. masc./fem. adj. paucimobilis, intended to mean few motile cells

Pronunciation, gender: pa͡u-ki-MO-bi-lis, neuter

Nomenclatural type: HER1398

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: ATDL01000003 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: White RA, Suttle CA. The Draft Genome Sequence of Sphingomonas paucimobilis Strain HER1398 (Proteobacteria), Host to the Giant PAU Phage, Indicates That It Is a Member of the Genus Sphingobacterium (Bacteroidetes). Genome Announc 2013; 1:0.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Sphingobacterium" Yabuuchi et al. 1981

Assigned by: White RA, Suttle CA. The Draft Genome Sequence of Sphingomonas paucimobilis Strain HER1398 (Proteobacteria), Host to the Giant PAU Phage, Indicates That It Is a Member of the Genus Sphingobacterium (Bacteroidetes). Genome Announc 2013; 1:0.

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Record number: 3286
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