Species ***Sphingomonas* *alpina***

Name: Sphingomonas alpina Margesin et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.pi’na. L. fem. adj. alpina, of or pertaining to the Alps, Alpine, referring to the isolation of this strain from an alpine environment

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … al-PI-na, feminine

Type strain: DSM 22537; LMG 26055; S8-3

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16S rRNA gene: MT821524 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Margesin R, Zhang DC, Busse HJ. Sphingomonas alpina sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from alpine soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1558-1563. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2313-2314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Parasphingomonas alpina (Margesin et al. 2012) Wang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 the genus.

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Margesin R, Zhang DC, Busse HJ. Sphingomonas alpina sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from alpine soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1558-1563. 🇦🇹

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Record number: 790013

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Species Sphingomonas alpina

Species ***Sphingomonas* *alpina***