Name: Sphingomonas difficilis Feng et al. 2017
Etymology: dif.fi’ci.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. difficilis, referring to the type strain being difficult to culture, growing only on solid media
Type strain: 1PNM-26; DSM 27573; GDMCC 1; GDMCC 1.664; KCTC 42758
See detailed strain information at
16S rRNA gene: JQ608334 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Feng GD, Xiong X, Zhu HH, Li HP. Sphingomonas difficilis sp. nov., a difficultly cultivable bacterium that grows on solid but not in liquid medium, isolated from an abandoned lead-zinc mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5273-5278.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990
Assigned by: Feng GD, Xiong X, Zhu HH, Li HP. Sphingomonas difficilis sp. nov., a difficultly cultivable bacterium that grows on solid but not in liquid medium, isolated from an abandoned lead-zinc mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5273-5278.
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/sphingomonas-difficilisLink copied to clipboard
Record number: 796351