Species ***Sphingomonas* *xinjiangensis***

Name: Sphingomonas xinjiangensis An et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xin.jiang.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. xinjiangensis, pertaining to Xinjiang, an autonomous region in north-west China, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ksin-jian͡g-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 10-1-84; CCTCC AB 208035; CIP 110458; DSM 26736; NRRL B-51332

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16S rRNA gene: FJ754464 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: An H, Xu M, Dai J, Wang Y, Cai F, Qi H, Peng F, Fang C. Sphingomonas xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from desert sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1865-1869. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2566-2567.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alteristakelama xinjiangensis (An et al. 2011) Wang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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 3 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.

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: An H, Xu M, Dai J, Wang Y, Cai F, Qi H, Peng F, Fang C. Sphingomonas xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from desert sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1865-1869. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 789375

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Species Sphingomonas xinjiangensis

Species ***Sphingomonas* *xinjiangensis***