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Species Sphingomonas difficilis
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- Sphingomonas abaci
- "Sphingomonas abietis"
- Sphingomonas adhaesiva
- "Sphingomonas aeria"
- Sphingomonas aeria
- Sphingomonas aerolata
- Sphingomonas aerophila
- Sphingomonas aestuarii
- "Sphingomonas agrestis"
- Sphingomonas agrestis
- Sphingomonas agri
- Sphingomonas alaskensis
- Sphingomonas alba
- Sphingomonas albertensis
- Sphingomonas aliaeris
- Sphingomonas alpina
- "Sphingomonas anadarae"
- Sphingomonas anseongensis
- Sphingomonas antarctica
- Sphingomonas aquatica
- Sphingomonas aquatilis
- Sphingomonas arabinosi
- Sphingomonas aracearum
- Sphingomonas arantia
- Sphingomonas arenae
- Sphingomonas aromaticivorans
- "Sphingomonas arvum"
- Sphingomonas asaccharolytica
- Sphingomonas astaxanthinifaciens
- "Sphingomonas astragali"
- Sphingomonas aurantiaca
- Sphingomonas aurea
- Sphingomonas azotifigens
- "Sphingomonas baekryungensis"
- Sphingomonas baiyangensis
- "Sphingomonas beigongshangi"
- "Sphingomonas bisphenolicum"
- Sphingomonas brevis
- Sphingomonas caeni
- Sphingomonas canadensis
- "Sphingomonas canaveralia"
- Sphingomonas cannabina
- Sphingomonas capsulata
- Sphingomonas carotinifaciens
- Sphingomonas carri
- Sphingomonas caseinilytica corrig.
- Sphingomonas caseinilyticus
- Sphingomonas cavernae
- Sphingomonas changbaiensis
- Sphingomonas changnyeongensis
- "Sphingomonas chloroacetimidivorans"
- Sphingomonas chlorophenolica
- Sphingomonas chungangi
- Sphingomonas chungbukensis
- Sphingomonas citri
- Sphingomonas citricola
- Sphingomonas cloacae
- Sphingomonas colocasiae
- Sphingomonas corticis
- Sphingomonas cremea
- Sphingomonas crocodyli
- Sphingomonas crusticola
- Sphingomonas cynarae
- Sphingomonas daechungensis
- Sphingomonas deserti
- Sphingomonas desiccabilis
- Sphingomonas dokdonensis
- Sphingomonas donggukensis
- Sphingomonas echinoides
- Sphingomonas edaphi
- "Sphingomonas elodea"
- Sphingomonas endolithica
- Sphingomonas endophytica
- "Candidatus Sphingomonas excrementigallinarum"
- Sphingomonas faeni
- Sphingomonas faucium
- Sphingomonas fennica
- Sphingomonas flava corrig.
- Sphingomonas flavalba
- "Sphingomonas flavescens"
- Sphingomonas flavida
- Sphingomonas flavus
- Sphingomonas floccifaciens
- Sphingomonas folii
- Sphingomonas fonticola
- Sphingomonas formosensis
- Sphingomonas frigidaeris
- Sphingomonas fucosidasi
- "Sphingomonas fuzhouensis"
- Sphingomonas gei
- Sphingomonas gellani
- Sphingomonas gilva
- Sphingomonas gimensis
- Sphingomonas ginkgonis
- Sphingomonas ginsengisoli
- Sphingomonas ginsenosidimutans
- "Sphingomonas ginsenosidivorax"
- Sphingomonas glacialis
- "Sphingomonas glaciei"
- Sphingomonas gotjawalisoli
- Sphingomonas guangdongensis
- Sphingomonas haloaromaticamans
- Sphingomonas hankookensis
- "Sphingomonas hankyongensis"
- Sphingomonas hankyongi
- Sphingomonas hengshuiensis
- Sphingomonas herbicidovorans
- Sphingomonas histidinilytica
- Sphingomonas hominis
- "Sphingomonas horti"
- Sphingomonas humi
- Sphingomonas hunanensis
- Sphingomonas hylomeconis
- "Sphingomonas imawarii"
- "Sphingomonas immobilis"
- Sphingomonas indica
- Sphingomonas insulae
- Sphingomonas japonica
- Sphingomonas jaspsi
- Sphingomonas jatrophae
- Sphingomonas jeddahensis
- Sphingomonas jejuensis
- Sphingomonas jinjuensis
- Sphingomonas kaistensis
- Sphingomonas koreensis
- Sphingomonas kyeonggiense
- Sphingomonas kyeonggiensis corrig.
- Sphingomonas kyungheensis
- Sphingomonas lacunae
- Sphingomonas lacus
- Sphingomonas lacusdianchii
- "Sphingomonas larreae"
- Sphingomonas laterariae
- Sphingomonas leidyi
- Sphingomonas lenta
- Sphingomonas limnosediminicola
- Sphingomonas liriopis
- Sphingomonas longa
- Sphingomonas lutea
- Sphingomonas lycopersici
- Sphingomonas macrogolitabida corrig.
- Sphingomonas macrogoltabida corrig.
- Sphingomonas macrogoltabidus
- Sphingomonas mali
- Sphingomonas melonis
- Sphingomonas mesophila
- Sphingomonas metalli
- "Sphingomonas mohensis"
- Sphingomonas mollis
- Sphingomonas molluscorum
- Sphingomonas montana
- Sphingomonas montanisoli
- Sphingomonas montis
- Sphingomonas morindae
- Sphingomonas mucosissima
- Sphingomonas naasensis
- Sphingomonas naphthae
- Sphingomonas natans
- Sphingomonas natatoria
- Sphingomonas nostoxanthinifaciens
- Sphingomonas olei
- Sphingomonas oleivorans
- Sphingomonas oligoaromativorans
- Sphingomonas oligophenolica
- Sphingomonas oryzagri
- Sphingomonas oryziterrae
- Sphingomonas paeninsulae
- Sphingomonas palmae
- Sphingomonas palustris
- Sphingomonas panacis
- Sphingomonas panacisoli
- Sphingomonas panaciterrae
- Sphingomonas panni
- Sphingomonas parapaucimobilis
- "Sphingomonas parva"
- "Sphingomonas parvus"
- Sphingomonas paucimobilis
- "Candidatus Sphingomonas perruchoniana"
- "Sphingomonas phoenicis"
- Sphingomonas phyllosphaerae
- Sphingomonas piscinae
- Sphingomonas piscis
- Sphingomonas pituitosa
- Sphingomonas plantiphila
- Sphingomonas pokkalii
- Sphingomonas pollutisoli
- Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans
- Sphingomonas populi
- Sphingomonas prati
- Sphingomonas profundi
- Sphingomonas pruni
- Sphingomonas pseudosanguinis
- Sphingomonas psychrolutea
- Sphingomonas psychrotolerans
- Sphingomonas qilianensis
- "Sphingomonas qomolangmaensis"
- Sphingomonas quercus
- "Sphingomonas radicis"
- Sphingomonas radiodurans
- Sphingomonas rhamnosi
- Sphingomonas rhizophila
- Sphingomonas rosa
- "Sphingomonas rosea"
- Sphingomonas roseiflava corrig.
- Sphingomonas roseoflava
- Sphingomonas rubra
- Sphingomonas rustica
- Sphingomonas sabuli
- Sphingomonas sandaracina
- Sphingomonas sanguinis corrig.
- Sphingomonas sanguis
- Sphingomonas sanxanigenens
- Sphingomonas sediminicola
- Sphingomonas segetis
- Sphingomonas silvisoli
- Sphingomonas sinipercae
- Sphingomonas solaris
- Sphingomonas soli
- Sphingomonas sorbitolis
- Sphingomonas spermidinifaciens
- Sphingomonas starnbergensis
- Sphingomonas stygia
- Sphingomonas suaedae
- Sphingomonas subarctica
- Sphingomonas suberifaciens
- Sphingomonas subterranea
- "Sphingomonas swuensis"
- Sphingomonas tabacisoli
- Sphingomonas taejonensis
- Sphingomonas tagetis
- "Sphingomonas taxi"
- Sphingomonas telluris
- Sphingomonas terrae
- Sphingomonas trueperi
- Sphingomonas turrisvirgatae
- Sphingomonas ursincola
- Sphingomonas vulcanisoli
- Sphingomonas wittichii
- "Sphingomonas xanthus"
- Sphingomonas xenophaga
- Sphingomonas xinjiangensis
- Sphingomonas yabuuchiae
- Sphingomonas yanoikuyae
- Sphingomonas yantingensis
- Sphingomonas yunnanensis
- Sphingomonas zeae
- Sphingomonas zeicaulis
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Name: Sphingomonas difficilis Feng et al. 2017
Etymology: dif.fi’ci.lis. L. fem. adj. difficilis, referring to the type strain being difficult to culture, growing only on solid media
Pronunciation, gender: dif-FI-ki-lis, feminine
Type strain: 1PNM-26; DSM 27573; GDMCC 1; GDMCC 1.664; KCTC 42758
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16S rRNA gene:
JQ608334
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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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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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 1 time 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:
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.
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Record number: 796351
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