Species ***Sphingomonas* *jejuensis***

Name: Sphingomonas jejuensis Park et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: je.ju.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. jejuensis, of or belonging to Jeju Island in the Republic of Korea, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … je-ju-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 27651; KCTC 23321; MS-31; NBRC 107775

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ224549 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Park S, Yokota A, Itoh T, Park JS. Sphingomonas jejuensis sp. nov., isolated from marine sponge Hymeniacidon flavia. J Microbiol 2011; 49:238-242. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 143. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Parayabuuchia jejuensis (Park et al. 2012) Wang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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.

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Park S, Yokota A, Itoh T, Park JS. Sphingomonas jejuensis sp. nov., isolated from marine sponge Hymeniacidon flavia. J Microbiol 2011; 49:238-242. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 789574

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Species Sphingomonas jejuensis

Species ***Sphingomonas* *jejuensis***