Species ***Sphingomonas* *echinoides***

Name: Sphingomonas echinoides (Heumann 1962) Denner et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudomonas echinoides Heumann 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: e.chi.no.i’des. Gr. masc. n. echînos, hedgehog, sea-urchin; L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj. echinoides, prickly, like a hedgehog or a sea-urchin, intended to mean spiny shaped

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sp^hin-GO-mo-nas e-k^hi-no-I-des, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 14820; ATTC 14820; CCUG 2870; CIP 103301; DSM 1805; DSM 50409; DSM 7240; ICBP 2835; ICPB 2835; IFO 15742; LMG 7462; NBRC 15742; NCIB 9420; NCIMB 9420; NRRL B-3126

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021370 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Denner EB, Kampfer P, Busse HJ, Moore ER. Reclassification of Pseudomonas echinoides Heumann 1962, 343AL, in the genus Sphingomonas as Sphingomonas echinoides comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1103-1109. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Parasphingomonas echinoides (Heumann 1962) Wang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Pseudomonas echinoides Heumann 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 18 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 In the paper by Denner et al. 1999, the type strain ICPB 2835 is erroneously cted as ICBP 2835. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Denner EB, Kampfer P, Busse HJ, Moore ER. Reclassification of Pseudomonas echinoides Heumann 1962, 343AL, in the genus Sphingomonas as Sphingomonas echinoides comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1103-1109. 🇦🇹

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Species Sphingomonas echinoides

Species ***Sphingomonas* *echinoides***