Name: Sphingomicrobium maritimum Zhang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’ti.mum. L. neut. adj. maritimum, living near the sea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ma-RI-ti-mum, neuter

Type strain: GDMCC 1.3086; JCM 35575; MCCC 1K07530; XHP0239

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16S rRNA gene: PP512746 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhang DF, Wang HC, Shi S, Li TP, Guo DY, Yang ZW, Yuan Y, Huang J, Li WJ. Characterization of Sphingomicrobium aquimarinum sp. nov. and Sphingomicrobium maritimum sp. nov. highlights astaxanthin-producing bacteria in the family Sphingomonadaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126624. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-12-16.

Parent taxon: Sphingomicrobium Kämpfer et al. 2012

Assigned by: Zhang DF, Wang HC, Shi S, Li TP, Guo DY, Yang ZW, Yuan Y, Huang J, Li WJ. Characterization of Sphingomicrobium aquimarinum sp. nov. and Sphingomicrobium maritimum sp. nov. highlights astaxanthin-producing bacteria in the family Sphingomonadaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126624. 🇨🇳

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