Species Sphingomonas wittichii
Name: Sphingomonas wittichii Yabuuchi et al. 2001
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. wittichii, of Wittich, referring to Rolf-Michael Wittich, the German bacteriologist who first isolated this potent metabolizer of dibenzo-p-dioxin from the water of the river Elbe and described the metabolism of the compound by this organism
Type strains: CCUG 31198; DSM 6014; EY 4224; JCM 10273; RW1; SMUM 2128
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16S rRNA gene:
AB021492
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FASTA 
Valid publication:
Yabuuchi E, Yamamoto H, Terakubo S, Okamura N, Naka T, Fujiwara N, Kobayashi K, Kosako Y, Hiraishi A. Proposal of Sphingomonas wittichii sp. nov. for strain RW1T, known as a dibenzo-p-dioxin metabolizer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:281-292. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Correct name: Rhizorhabdus wittichii (Yabuuchi et al. 2001) Hördt et al. 2020
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Rhizorhabdus wittichii (Yabuuchi et al. 2001) Hördt et al. 2020 homotypic synonym, validly published
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Emendations:
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Kim et al. 2016
Kim M, Kang O, Zhang Y, Ren L, Chang X, Jiang F, Fang C, Zheng C, Peng F. Sphingoaurantiacus polygranulatus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from high-Arctic tundra soil, and emended descriptions of the genera Sandarakinorhabdus, Polymorphobacter and Rhizorhabdus and the species Sandarakinorhabdus limnophila, Rhizorhabdus argentea and Sphingomonas wittichii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:91-100.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.
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Kim et al. 2016
Kim M, Kang O, Zhang Y, Ren L, Chang X, Jiang F, Fang C, Zheng C, Peng F. Sphingoaurantiacus polygranulatus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from high-Arctic tundra soil, and emended descriptions of the genera Sandarakinorhabdus, Polymorphobacter and Rhizorhabdus and the species Sandarakinorhabdus limnophila, Rhizorhabdus argentea and Sphingomonas wittichii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:91-100.
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Notes:
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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.
- The specific epithet is mis-spelt in the title of the section "Description of Sphingomonas wittichi (sic) gen. nov., " (see: page 289).
- The specific epithet is mis-spelt in the title of the section "Description of Sphingomonas wittichi (sic) sp. nov." (see: page 289).
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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:
Yabuuchi E, Yamamoto H, Terakubo S, Okamura N, Naka T, Fujiwara N, Kobayashi K, Kosako Y, Hiraishi A. Proposal of Sphingomonas wittichii sp. nov. for strain RW1T, known as a dibenzo-p-dioxin metabolizer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:281-292.
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