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Species Sphingomonas spermidinifaciens
Name: Sphingomonas spermidinifaciens Feng et al. 2017
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, gender: sper-mi-di-ni-FA-ki-ens, feminine
Type strain: 9NM-10; DSM 27571; GDMCC 1.657
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
JQ608324
Analyse
FASTA
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)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Parastakelama spermidinifaciens (Feng et al. 2017) Wang et al. 2025 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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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.
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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.
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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 4 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:
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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Record number: 795536
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