Species Sphingomonas fonticola

Name: Sphingomonas fonticola Sheu et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon.ti’co.la. L. masc. n. fons (gen. fontis), a spring, fountain; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, an inhabitant of a place, a resident; N.L. masc./fem. n. fonticola, an inhabitant of a fountain or spring

Pronunciation, gender: … fon-TI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80539; KCTC 32258; LMG 27384; TNR-2

16S rRNA gene: HF544321 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sheu SY, Chen YL, Chen WM. Sphingomonas fonticola sp. nov., isolated from spring water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4495-4502. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1600-1602.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Sheu SY, Chen YL, Chen WM. Sphingomonas fonticola sp. nov., isolated from spring water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4495-4502. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 793605
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