Species ***Sphingomonas* *zeicaulis***

Name: Sphingomonas zeicaulis Gao et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ze.i.cau’lis. L. fem. n. zea, a kind of grain; L. fem. n. Zea, mays; L. masc. n. caulis, stem; N.L. gen. masc. n. zeicaulis, of the stem of Zea mays

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ze-i-KA͡U-lis, feminine

Type strain: 541; CGMCC 1.15008; DSM 100587

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP172592 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gao JL, Sun P, Wang XM, Cheng S, Lv F, Qiu TL, Yuan M, Sun JG. Sphingomonaszeicaulis sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from maize root. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3755-3760. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4921-4923.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alteriyabuuchia zeicaulis (Gao et al. 2016) 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 2 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: Gao JL, Sun P, Wang XM, Cheng S, Lv F, Qiu TL, Yuan M, Sun JG. Sphingomonaszeicaulis sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from maize root. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3755-3760. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 794603

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Species Sphingomonas zeicaulis

Species ***Sphingomonas* *zeicaulis***