Species ***Sphingobacterium* *thermophilum***

Name: Sphingobacterium thermophilum Yabe et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lum. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, warm; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. thermophilum, loving warmth, thermophilic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sp^hin-go-bak-TE-ri-um t^her-MO-p^hi-lum, neuter

Type strain: CKTN2; JCM 17858; KCTC 23708

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB563783 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yabe S, Aiba Y, Sakai Y, Hazaka M, Kawahara K, Yokota A. Sphingobacterium thermophilum sp. nov., of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1584-1588. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Lai et al. 2016 Lai WA, Hameed A, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Lin SY, Young CC. Sphingobacterium cibi sp. nov., isolated from the food-waste compost and emended descriptions of Sphingobacterium spiritivorum (Holmes et al. 1982) Yabuuchi et al. 1983 and Sphingobacteriumthermophilum Yabe et al. 2013. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5336-5344. 🇹🇼 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.
  Notes:
  - 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

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 4 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: Yabe S, Aiba Y, Sakai Y, Hazaka M, Kawahara K, Yokota A. Sphingobacterium thermophilum sp. nov., of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1584-1588. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 790761

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Species Sphingobacterium thermophilum

Species ***Sphingobacterium* *thermophilum***