Species ***Sphingomonas* *kyungheensis***

Name: Sphingomonas kyungheensis Son et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ky.ung.he.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. kyungheensis, of or belonging to Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea, where the type strain was characterized

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ky-un͡g-he-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: KACC 16224; LMG 26582; THG B283

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN196137 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Son HM, Yang JE, Park Y, Han CK, Kim SG, Kook M, Yi TH. Sphingomonas kyungheensis sp. nov., a bacterium with ginsenoside-converting activity isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3848-3853. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

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 1 time 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: Son HM, Yang JE, Park Y, Han CK, Kim SG, Kook M, Yi TH. Sphingomonas kyungheensis sp. nov., a bacterium with ginsenoside-converting activity isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3848-3853. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 791173

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Species Sphingomonas kyungheensis

Species ***Sphingomonas* *kyungheensis***