Species ***Sphingomonas* *aquatica***

Name: Sphingomonas aquatica Choi et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. aquatica, living in water, referring to the isolation of the type strain from water

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-KWA-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: KACC 18309; LMG 28596; W1-2-1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT309085 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Choi GM, Jo JH, Kang MS, Kim MS, Lee SY, Im WT. Sphingomonas aquatica sp. nov., isolated from tap water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:845-850. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2079-2080.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Parasphingomonas aquatica (Choi et al. 2017) Wang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01363 (N = 17).
- 😷 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 2 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: Choi GM, Jo JH, Kang MS, Kim MS, Lee SY, Im WT. Sphingomonas aquatica sp. nov., isolated from tap water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:845-850. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 795211

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Species Sphingomonas aquatica

Species ***Sphingomonas* *aquatica***