Species Sphingomonas endolithica

Name: Sphingomonas endolithica Tian et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.do.li’thi.ca. Gr. pref. endo-, in, within; Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, sufx used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. endolithica, growing within stone

Pronunciation, gender: en-do-LI-thi-ka, feminine

Type strain: EE 013; GDMCC 1.3123; JCM 35386; ZFBP2030

16S rRNA gene: MT951330 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tian M, Zhang W, Zhang G, Bahadur A, Wu S, Yu X, Wu Y, Jia P, Chen T, Liu G. A novel UV-resistant bacterium Sphingomonas endolithica sp. nov., and genomic analysis, isolated from the north slope of Mount Everest. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 117:5.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 219. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Tian M, Zhang W, Zhang G, Bahadur A, Wu S, Yu X, Wu Y, Jia P, Chen T, Liu G. A novel UV-resistant bacterium Sphingomonas endolithica sp. nov., and genomic analysis, isolated from the north slope of Mount Everest. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 117:5.

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Record number: 47426
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