Name: Sphingobium fontiphilum Sheu et al. 2013
Etymology: fon.ti’phi.lum. L. masc. n. fons (gen. fontis), a spring, fountain; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. fontiphilum, loving spring-water environment
Type strain: BCRC 80308; Chen16-4; DSM 29348; KCTC 23559; LMG 26342
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16S rRNA gene: HQ667767 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Sheu SY, Shiau YW, Wei YT, Chen WM. Sphingobium fontiphilum sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1906-1911.
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
Parent taxon: Sphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001
Assigned by: Sheu SY, Shiau YW, Wei YT, Chen WM. Sphingobium fontiphilum sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1906-1911.
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Record number: 790762