Species ***Sphingomonas* *montana***

Name: Sphingomonas montana Manandhar et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mon.ta’na. L. fem. adj. montana, belonging to a mountain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mon-TA-na, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15646; DSM 103337; W16RD

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU535674 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Manandhar P, Zhang G, Lama A, Liu F, Hu Y. Sphingomonas montana sp. nov., isolated from a soil sample from the Tanggula Mountain in the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:1659-1668. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 180. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:693-694.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Pararhizorhabdus montana (Manandhar et al. 2018) Wang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🎓 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.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Manandhar P, Zhang G, Lama A, Liu F, Hu Y. Sphingomonas montana sp. nov., isolated from a soil sample from the Tanggula Mountain in the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:1659-1668. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 796387

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Species Sphingomonas montana

Species ***Sphingomonas* *montana***