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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Sphingomonas lenta

Name: Sphingomonas lenta Feng et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: len’ta. L. fem. adj. lenta, slow, delayed, referring to the slow growth of the bacterium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … LEN-ta, feminine

Type strain: 1PNM-20; DSM 27572; GDMCC 1.660

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16S rRNA gene: JQ608333 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Feng GD, Wang YH, Zhang XJ, Chen WD, Zhang J, Xiong X, Zhu HH. Sphingomonas lenta sp. nov., a slowly growing bacterium isolated from an abandoned lead-zinc mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2214-2219. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3315-3317.

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: Feng GD, Wang YH, Zhang XJ, Chen WD, Zhang J, Xiong X, Zhu HH. Sphingomonas lenta sp. nov., a slowly growing bacterium isolated from an abandoned lead-zinc mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2214-2219. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 5223
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