Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Sphingomonas hominis

Name: Sphingomonas hominis Zhang et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of a human being, named for the host from whose hair this species is found

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.17504; HHU CXW; KCTC 72946; MCCC 1K04223

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Effective publication: Zhang DF, Cui XW, Zhao Z, Zhang AH, Huang JK, Li WJ. Sphingomonas hominis sp. nov., isolated from hair of a 21-year-old girl. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1523-1530.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 200. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4846.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Zhang DF, Cui XW, Zhao Z, Zhang AH, Huang JK, Li WJ. Sphingomonas hominis sp. nov., isolated from hair of a 21-year-old girl. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1523-1530.

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Record number: 20283
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