Species ***Sphingomonas* *jeddahensis***

Name: Sphingomonas jeddahensis Wübbeler et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: jed.da.hen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. jeddahensis, refers to a region near the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, from which the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … jed-da-HEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 103790; G39; LMG 29955

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY032004 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wubbeler JH, Oppermann-Sanio FB, Ockenfels A, Rottig A, Osthaar-Ebker A, Verbarg S, Poehlein A, Madkour MH, Al-Ansari AM, Almakishah NH, et al. Sphingomonas jeddahensis sp. nov., isolated from Saudi Arabian desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4057-4063. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Wubbeler JH, Oppermann-Sanio FB, Ockenfels A, Rottig A, Osthaar-Ebker A, Verbarg S, Poehlein A, Madkour MH, Al-Ansari AM, Almakishah NH, et al. Sphingomonas jeddahensis sp. nov., isolated from Saudi Arabian desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4057-4063. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 796097

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Species Sphingomonas jeddahensis

Species ***Sphingomonas* *jeddahensis***