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Species Sphingomonas lenta

Name: Sphingomonas lenta Feng et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sphin-GO-mo-nas LEN-ta, feminine

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

16S rRNA gene: JQ608333 Analysetree FASTA download

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)

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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: 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