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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Sphingomonas lacunae

Name: Sphingomonas lacunae Sheu et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.cu’nae. L. gen. fem. n. lacunae, of a pond, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … la-KU-na͡e, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 81190; CSW-10; LMG 31340

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH729078 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sheu SY, Yang CC, Sheu DS, Tsai JM, Chen WM. Sphingomonas lacunae sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5899-5910. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Sheu SY, Yang CC, Sheu DS, Tsai JM, Chen WM. Sphingomonas lacunae sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5899-5910. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 13865
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