Species ***Sphingomonas* *arantia***

Name: Sphingomonas arantia Jia et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ran’ti.a. N.L. fem. adj. arantia, orange-coloured

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 6P; CGMCC 1.12702; JCM 19855

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF876174 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jia L, Zheng Z, Feng X, Nogi Y, Yang A, Zhang Y, Han L, Lu Z, Lv J. Sphingomonas arantia sp. nov., isolated from Hoh Xil basin, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1341-1347. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 168. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1603-1606.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Pararhizorhabdus arantia (Jia et al. 2016) 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 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.
- 🧍 The name must not be considered an orthographic variant of Sphingomonas aurantiaca. Publication: Busse HJ, Denner EB, Buczolits S, Salkinoja-Salonen M, Bennasar A, Kampfer P. Sphingomonas aurantiaca sp. nov., Sphingomonas aerolata sp. nov. and Sphingomonas faeni sp. nov., air- and dustborne and Antarctic, orange-pigmented, psychrotolerant bacteria, and emended description of the genus Sphingomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1253-1260. 🇦🇹

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Jia L, Zheng Z, Feng X, Nogi Y, Yang A, Zhang Y, Han L, Lu Z, Lv J. Sphingomonas arantia sp. nov., isolated from Hoh Xil basin, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1341-1347. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 793916

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Species Sphingomonas arantia

Species ***Sphingomonas* *arantia***