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Species Sphingobium terrigena

Name: Sphingobium terrigena Park et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ter.ri’ge.na. N.L. masc./fem. n. terrigena, someone born of, or from, the earth, referring to the isolation of the type strain from soil (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sphin-GO-bi-um ter-RI-ge-na, neuter

Type strain: EO9; JCM 32762; KACC 19523

16S rRNA gene: MG745378 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Park YJ, Kim KH, Han DM, Lee DH, Jeon CO. Sphingobium terrigena sp. nov., isolated from gasoline-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2459-2464. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3315-3317.

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 1 time 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Sphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001

Assigned by: Park YJ, Kim KH, Han DM, Lee DH, Jeon CO. Sphingobium terrigena sp. nov., isolated from gasoline-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2459-2464. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 5232