Species Sphingomonas xenophaga

Name: Sphingomonas xenophaga Stolz et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xe.no’pha.ga. N.L. fem. adj. xenophaga, eating foreign (xenobiotic) compounds; from Gr. masc. n. xenos, foreign; from Gr. inf. v. phageîn, to eat

Pronunciation, gender: xe-NO-p^ha-ga, feminine

Type strain: BN6; CIP 107206; DSM 6383

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X94098 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stolz A, Schmidt-Maag C, Denner EB, Busse HJ, Egli T, Kampfer P. Description of Sphingomonas xenophaga sp. nov. for strains BN6T and N,N which degrade xenobiotic aromatic compounds. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:35-41.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Sphingobium xenophagum (Stolz et al. 2000) Pal et al. 2006

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sphingobium hydrophobicum Chen et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Sphingobium xenophagum (Stolz et al. 2000) Pal et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Feng et al. (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Sphingobium hydrophobicum Chen et al. 2016. Publication: Feng GD, Chen MB, Zhang XJ, Wang DD, Zhu HH. Whole genome sequences reveal the presence of 11 heterotypic synonyms in the genus Sphingobium and emended descriptions of Sphingobium indicum, Sphingobium fuliginis, Sphingobium xenophagum and Sphingobium cupriresistens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2161-2165.
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2963-2965.
- ❗ Sphingomonas xenophaga is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Sphingomonas.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 24 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Stolz A, Schmidt-Maag C, Denner EB, Busse HJ, Egli T, Kampfer P. Description of Sphingomonas xenophaga sp. nov. for strains BN6T and N,N which degrade xenobiotic aromatic compounds. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:35-41.

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Species Sphingomonas xenophaga