Name: Sphingopyxis bauzanensis Zhang et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bau.za.nen’sis. M.L. fem. adj. bauzanensis, of or belonging to Bauzanum, the medieval Latin name for Bozen/Bolzano, a city in South Tyrol, Italy, where the type strain was first found

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sp^hin-go-PY-xis ba͡u-za-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: BZ30; CGMCC 1.8959; CIP 110136; DSM 22271

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ131578 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang DC, Liu HC, Xin YH, Zhou YG, Schinner F, Margesin R. Sphingopyxis bauzanensis sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2618-2622. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:221-222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• 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 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Sphingopyxis Takeuchi et al. 2001

Assigned by: Zhang DC, Liu HC, Xin YH, Zhou YG, Schinner F, Margesin R. Sphingopyxis bauzanensis sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2618-2622. 🇦🇹

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