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Species Sphingomonas spermidinifaciens

Name: Sphingomonas spermidinifaciens Feng et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: sper.mi.di.ni.fa’ci.ens. N.L. neut. n. spermidinum, spermidine; L. pres. part. faciens, making; N.L. fem. part. adj. spermidinifaciens, producing spermidine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sphin-GO-mo-nas sper-mi-di-ni-FA-ki-ens, feminine

Type strain: 9NM-10; DSM 27571; GDMCC 1.657

16S rRNA gene: JQ608324 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Feng GD, Yang SZ, Xiong X, Li HP, Zhu HH. Sphingomonas spermidinifaciens sp. nov., a novel bacterium containing spermidine as the major polyamine, isolated from an abandoned lead-zinc mine and emended descriptions of the genus Sphingomonas and the species Sphingomonas yantingensis and Sphingomonas japonica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2160-2165. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Emendations:
    • Tahon et al. 2021 Tahon G, Gok D, Lebbe L, Willems A. Description and functional testing of four species of the novel phototrophic genus Chioneia gen. nov., isolated from different East Antarctic environments. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126250. 🇳🇱
      Notes:
      • 🧍 As of 2021-11-07 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
  • 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: Feng GD, Yang SZ, Xiong X, Li HP, Zhu HH. Sphingomonas spermidinifaciens sp. nov., a novel bacterium containing spermidine as the major polyamine, isolated from an abandoned lead-zinc mine and emended descriptions of the genus Sphingomonas and the species Sphingomonas yantingensis and Sphingomonas japonica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2160-2165. 🇨🇳

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