Species ***Sphingomonas* *aurantiaca***

Name: Sphingomonas aurantiaca Busse et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.ran.ti’a.ca. N.L. fem. adj. aurantiaca, orange-coloured

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a͡u-ran-TI-a-ka, feminine

Type strain: DSM 14748; LMG 21377; MA101b

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ429236 Analyse FASTA

Valid 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. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

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 4 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: 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. 🇦🇹

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Species Sphingomonas aurantiaca

Species ***Sphingomonas* *aurantiaca***