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Species Sphingomonas japonica
Name: Sphingomonas japonica Romanenko et al. 2009
Etymology: ja.po’ni.ca. N.L. fem. adj. japonica, Japanese, pertaining to the Sea of Japan, the place from which the type strain was isolated
Pronunciation, gender: … ja-PO-ni-ka, feminine
Type strain: CIP 110395; DSM 22753; JCM 15438; KC7; KMM 3038; NRIC 738
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB428568
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Romanenko LA, Tanaka N, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV. Sphingomonas japonica sp. nov., isolated from the marine crustacean Paralithodes camtschatica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1179-1182. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.
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 Parastakelama japonica (Romanenko et al. 2009) Wang et al. 2025 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Feng et al. 2017
Feng GD, Yang SZ, Xiong X, Li HP, Zhu HH. Sphingomonas spermidinifaciens sp. nov., a novel bacterium containing spermidine as the major polyamine, isolated from an abandoned lead-zinc mine and emended descriptions of the genus Sphingomonas and the species Sphingomonas yantingensis and Sphingomonas japonica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2160-2165. 🇨🇳
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.
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Feng et al. 2017
Feng GD, Yang SZ, Xiong X, Li HP, Zhu HH. Sphingomonas spermidinifaciens sp. nov., a novel bacterium containing spermidine as the major polyamine, isolated from an abandoned lead-zinc mine and emended descriptions of the genus Sphingomonas and the species Sphingomonas yantingensis and Sphingomonas japonica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2160-2165.
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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 5 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:
Romanenko LA, Tanaka N, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV. Sphingomonas japonica sp. nov., isolated from the marine crustacean Paralithodes camtschatica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1179-1182. 🇷🇺
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Record number: 787878
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