Species Sphingobacterium piscium

Name: Sphingobacterium piscium Takeuchi and Yokota 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pis’ci.um. L. gen. masc. n. piscis, fish; L. gen. masc. pl. n. piscium, of/from fishes

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sp^hin-go-bak-TE-ri-um PIS-ki-um, neuter

Type strain: CIP 104195; IFO 14985; JCM 7454; LMG 14024; NBRC 14985

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ438174 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Takeuchi M, Yokota A. Proposals of Sphingobacterium faecium sp. nov., Sphingobacterium piscium sp. nov., Sphingobacterium heparinum comb. nov., Sphingobacterium thalpophilum comb. nov., and two genospecies of the genus Sphingobacterium and synonymy of Flavobacterium yabuuchiae and Sphingobacterium spiritivorum. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1992; 38:465-482. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 47. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:864-865.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Pedobacter antarcticus (Shivaji et al. 1992) Farfán et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Pedobacter piscium (Takeuchi and Yokota 1993) Steyn et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Pedobacter antarcticus (Shivaji et al. 1992) Farfán et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Sphingobacterium antarcticus Shivaji et al. 1992	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Sphingobacterium antarcticum corrig. Shivaji et al. 1992	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Farfan et al. (2014), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Sphingobacterium antarcticum corrig. Shivaji et al. 1992. Publication: Farfan M, Montes MJ, Marques AM. Reclassification of Sphingobacterium antarcticum Shivaji et al. 1992 as Pedobacter antarcticus comb. nov. and Pedobacter piscium (Takeuchi and Yokota 1993) Steyn et al. 1998 as a later heterotypic synonym of Pedobacter antarcticus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:863-868. 🇪🇸
- ⏲ According to Farfan et al. (2014), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Pedobacter antarcticus (Shivaji et al. 1992) Farfán et al. 2014. Publication: Farfan M, Montes MJ, Marques AM. Reclassification of Sphingobacterium antarcticum Shivaji et al. 1992 as Pedobacter antarcticus comb. nov. and Pedobacter piscium (Takeuchi and Yokota 1993) Steyn et al. 1998 as a later heterotypic synonym of Pedobacter antarcticus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:863-868. 🇪🇸
- ⏲ According to Farfan et al. (2014), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Sphingobacterium antarcticus Shivaji et al. 1992. Publication: Farfan M, Montes MJ, Marques AM. Reclassification of Sphingobacterium antarcticum Shivaji et al. 1992 as Pedobacter antarcticus comb. nov. and Pedobacter piscium (Takeuchi and Yokota 1993) Steyn et al. 1998 as a later heterotypic synonym of Pedobacter antarcticus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:863-868. 🇪🇸
- ❗ Sphingobacterium piscium is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Sphingobacterium.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "TMP". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Takeuchi M, Yokota A. Proposals of Sphingobacterium faecium sp. nov., Sphingobacterium piscium sp. nov., Sphingobacterium heparinum comb. nov., Sphingobacterium thalpophilum comb. nov., and two genospecies of the genus Sphingobacterium and synonymy of Flavobacterium yabuuchiae and Sphingobacterium spiritivorum. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1992; 38:465-482. 🇯🇵

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