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Species Sphingomonas glacialis
Name: Sphingomonas glacialis Zhang et al. 2011
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, gender: gla-ki-A-lis, feminine
Type strain: C16y; CGMCC 1.8957; CIP 11013; CIP 110131; DSM 22294
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MW227556
Analyse
FASTA
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)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Parasphingomonas glacialis (Zhang et al. 2011) Wang et al. 2025 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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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 9 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.
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🧍 In the paper by Zhang et al. 2011, the etymology of the specific epithet is erroneously cited as follows: L. fem. adj. glacialis referring to the frozen, icy environment from which the type strain was isolated.
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.
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🧍 The type strain of Sphingomonas glacialis is CIP 110131, as given in the abstract, not CIP 11013, as given in the description of the species.
Publication:
. Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:1235.
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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Record number: 789085
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