Species ***Sphingomonas* *sanxanigenens***

Name: Sphingomonas sanxanigenens Huang et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: san.xa.ni’ge.nens. N.L. neut. n. sanxanum, sanxan gum (an extracellular biopolymer); L. pres. part. genens, producing; from L. inf. v. genere, to produce; N.L. fem. part. adj. sanxanigenens, sanxan gum-producing

Pronunciation, gender: san-xa-NI-ge-nens, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6417; CIP 110406; DSM 19645; NX02

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ789172 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huang HD, Wang W, Ma T, Li GQ, Liang FL, Liu RL. Sphingomonas sanxanigenens sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:719-723.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alteriyabuuchia sanxanigenens (Huang et al. 2009) Wang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 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 20 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 genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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: Huang HD, Wang W, Ma T, Li GQ, Liang FL, Liu RL. Sphingomonas sanxanigenens sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:719-723.

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Species Sphingomonas sanxanigenens

Species ***Sphingomonas* *sanxanigenens***