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Species Sphingomonas pruni
Name: Sphingomonas pruni Takeuchi et al. 1995
Etymology: pru’ni. L. fem. n. prunus, a plum-tree, and also the genus of peach (Prunus); N.L. gen. fem. n. pruni, of Prunus, intended to mean of peach (Prunus persica), the source of the organism
Pronunciation, gender: PRU-ni, feminine
Type strain: ATCC 51838; DSM 10566; HAMBI 2069; IFO 15498; JCM 10277; KCTC 2824; LMG 18380; NBRC 15498; NCIMB 13411; Y-250
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Y09637
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Takeuchi M, Sakane T, Yanagi M, Yamasato K, Hamana K, Yokota A. Taxonomic study of bacteria isolated from plants: proposal of Sphingomonas rosa sp. nov., Sphingomonas pruni sp. nov., Sphingomonas asaccharolytica sp. nov., and Sphingomonas mali sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:334-341. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:621.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Alterisphingomonas pruni (Takeuchi et al. 1995) Wang et al. 2025 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 9 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.
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🧍 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:
Takeuchi M, Sakane T, Yanagi M, Yamasato K, Hamana K, Yokota A. Taxonomic study of bacteria isolated from plants: proposal of Sphingomonas rosa sp. nov., Sphingomonas pruni sp. nov., Sphingomonas asaccharolytica sp. nov., and Sphingomonas mali sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:334-341. 🇯🇵
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Record number: 781024
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