Species ***Sphingobium* *wenxiniae***

Name: Sphingobium wenxiniae Wang et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wen.xi’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. wenxiniae, of Wen-xin, to honour Wen-xin Chen, a respected soil microbiologist, for her great contributions to the investigation and development of rhizobia resources in China

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sp^hin-GO-bi-um wen-XI-ni-a͡e, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.7748; DSM 21828; JZ-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ686047 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang BZ, Guo P, Zheng JW, Hang BJ, Li L, He J, Li SP. Sphingobium wenxiniae sp. nov., a synthetic pyrethroid (SP)-degrading bacterium isolated from activated sludge in an SP-manufacturing wastewater treatment facility. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1776-1780. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2566-2567.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sphingobium baderi Kaur et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Quadri et al. 2026 Quadri SR, Nunez-Montero K, Arce-Johnson P, Sathish M, Quach NT, Yin YR, Narsing Rao MP. Reclassification of Sphingobium baderi Kaur et al. 2013 as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Sphingobium wenxiniae Wang et al. 2011. Curr Microbiol 2025; 83:82. 🇨🇳
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
  - 🧍 As of 2025-12-18 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Quadri et al. (2026), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Sphingobium baderi Kaur et al. 2013. Publication: Quadri SR, Nunez-Montero K, Arce-Johnson P, Sathish M, Quach NT, Yin YR, Narsing Rao MP. Reclassification of Sphingobium baderi Kaur et al. 2013 as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Sphingobium wenxiniae Wang et al. 2011. Curr Microbiol 2025; 83:82. 🇨🇳
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 44. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7140.
- 😷 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 5 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Sphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001

Assigned by: Wang BZ, Guo P, Zheng JW, Hang BJ, Li L, He J, Li SP. Sphingobium wenxiniae sp. nov., a synthetic pyrethroid (SP)-degrading bacterium isolated from activated sludge in an SP-manufacturing wastewater treatment facility. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1776-1780. 🇨🇳

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Species ***Sphingobium* *wenxiniae***