Species ***Sphingomonas* *gei***

Name: Sphingomonas gei Zhu et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge’i. N.L. gen. neut. n. gei, of the plant genus Geum

Pronunciation, gender: GE-i, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2013306; KCTC 32449; LMG 27608; ZFGT-11

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16S rRNA gene: KF551181 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhu L, Si M, Li C, Xin K, Chen C, Shi X, Huang R, Zhao L, Shen X, Zhang L. Sphingomonas gei sp. nov., isolated from roots of Geum aleppicum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1160-1166. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2026-2027.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alteristakelama gei (Zhu et al. 2015) Wang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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 3 times 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: Zhu L, Si M, Li C, Xin K, Chen C, Shi X, Huang R, Zhao L, Shen X, Zhang L. Sphingomonas gei sp. nov., isolated from roots of Geum aleppicum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1160-1166. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 792696

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Species Sphingomonas gei

Species ***Sphingomonas* *gei***