Species Sphingomonas cloacae

Name: Sphingomonas cloacae Fujii et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: clo.a’cae. L. gen. fem. n. cloacae, of a sewer, the source of the organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sp^hin-GO-mo-nas klo-A-ka͡e, feminine

Type strain: CIP 107076; DSM 14926; IAM 14885; JCM 10874; NBRC 102517; S-3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB040739 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fujii K, Urano N, Ushio H, Satomi M, Kimura S. Sphingomonas cloacae sp. nov., a nonylphenol-degrading bacterium isolated from wastewater of a sewage-treatment plant in Tokyo. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:603-610. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Sphingobium cloacae (Fujii et al. 2001) Prakash and Lal 2006

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sphingobium cloacae (Fujii et al. 2001) Prakash and Lal 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- ❗ Sphingomonas cloacae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Sphingomonas.
- 😷 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 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Sphingomonas cloacae Fujii et al. 2001 is to be considered to be validly published. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Fujii K, Urano N, Ushio H, Satomi M, Kimura S. Sphingomonas cloacae sp. nov., a nonylphenol-degrading bacterium isolated from wastewater of a sewage-treatment plant in Tokyo. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:603-610. 🇯🇵

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Species Sphingomonas cloacae