Species Sphingomonas glacialis

Name: Sphingomonas glacialis Zhang et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gla.ci.a’lis. L. fem. adj. glacialis, icy, frozen, full of ice, referring to the frozen, icy environment from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sphin-GO-mo-nas gla-ki-A-lis, feminine

Type strain: C16y; CGMCC 1.8957; CIP 11013; CIP 110131; DSM 22294

16S rRNA gene: MW227556 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Zhang DC, Busse HJ, Liu HC, Zhou YG, Schinner F, Margesin R. Sphingomonas glacialis sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:587-591. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1237-1238.

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: Zhang DC, Busse HJ, Liu HC, Zhou YG, Schinner F, Margesin R. Sphingomonas glacialis sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:587-591. 🇦🇹

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