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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Sphingomonas xanthus"

Name: "Sphingomonas xanthus" Kim et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xan’thus. N.L. masc. adj. xanthus, yellow; from Gr. masc. adj. xanthos, yellow

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KSAN-thus, feminine

Nomenclatural type: A E3; JCM 32376; KCTC 62106

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16S rRNA gene: MF503625 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Kim H, Chhetri G, Seo T. Sphingomonas xanthus sp. nov., Isolated from Beach Soil. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:403-410. 🇰🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Kim H, Chhetri G, Seo T. Sphingomonas xanthus sp. nov., Isolated from Beach Soil. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:403-410. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 14688
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