Name: Sphingopyxis contaminans Subhash et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.ta’mi.nans. L. fem. part. adj. contaminans, contaminating

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JC 216; KCTC 32445; LMG 27671

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HG008904 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Subhash Y, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Sphingopyxis contaminans sp. nov., isolated from a contaminated Petri dish. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2238-2243.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3333-3334.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sphingorhabdus contaminans (Subhash et al. 2014) Yang et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Sphingorhabdus contaminans" (Subhash et al. 2014) Chen et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Sphingorhabdus contaminans (Subhash et al. 2014) Yang et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: CGMCC 1.12929; JCM 30114.
  • ❗ Sphingopyxis contaminans 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 Sphingopyxis.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Sphingopyxis Takeuchi et al. 2001

Assigned by: Subhash Y, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Sphingopyxis contaminans sp. nov., isolated from a contaminated Petri dish. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2238-2243.

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Record number: 791992