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Species Sphingomonas montana

Name: Sphingomonas montana Manandhar et al. 2018

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sphin-GO-mo-nas mon-TA-na, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15646; DSM 103337; W16RD

16S rRNA gene: KU535674 Analysetree FASTA download

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)

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 3 times 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.
    • 🧍 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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