Subscribe to our newsletter
Sign up to our mailing list to receive updates from LPSN every few months.
Follow the ICSP and DSMZ (D3) on LinkedIn.
Species Sphingobium wonjuense
Name: Sphingobium wonjuense Jeong and Kim 2026
Etymology: won.ju.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. wonjuense, pertaining to Wonju, a city in Korea where the type strain was isolated
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … won-ju-EN-se, neuter
Type strain: CR2-8; JCM 36935; KCTC 8939
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KC355360
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Jeong CR, Kim SB. Description of Sphingobium wonjuense sp. nov. isolated from mountain soil and Sphingobium erigeronicola sp. nov. isolated from plant root. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2026; 76:0. 
🇰🇷
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
-
Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-03-17.
- 🙆 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:
Jeong CR, Kim SB. Description of Sphingobium wonjuense sp. nov. isolated from mountain soil and Sphingobium erigeronicola sp. nov. isolated from plant root. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2026; 76:0. 🇰🇷
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/sphingobium-wonjuenseLink copied to clipboard
This LPSN page was printed on 2026-04-22 12:02:34