Species ***Sphingomonas* *changbaiensis***

Name: Sphingomonas changbaiensis Zhang et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chang.bai.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. changbaiensis, pertaining to the Changbai mountains, in the north-east of China, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: k^han͡g-bai-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.7057; CIP 110386; DSM 25652; NBRC 104936; V2M44

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU682685 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang JY, Liu XY, Liu SJ. Sphingomonas changbaiensis sp. nov., isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:790-795.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Parayabuuchia changbaiensis (Zhang et al. 2010) 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 5 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 phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Zhang JY, Liu XY, Liu SJ. Sphingomonas changbaiensis sp. nov., isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:790-795.

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Species Sphingomonas changbaiensis

Species ***Sphingomonas* *changbaiensis***