Name: Sphingopyxis granuli Kim et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gra.nu’li. L. gen. neut. n. granuli, of a small grain pertaining to the granule, from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 17810; KCTC 12209; NBRC 100800; see also StrainInfo.net; strain Kw07

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB187587 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kim MK, Im WT, Ohta H, Lee M, Lee ST. Sphingopyxis granuli sp. nov., a beta-glucosidase-producing bacterium in the family Sphingomonadaceae in alpha-4 subclass of the Proteobacteria. J Microbiol 2005; 43:152-157.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 142. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2563-2565.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 18 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The type strain NBRC 100800 is not cited in the species description (protologue). Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 142. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2563-2565.

Parent taxon: Sphingopyxis Takeuchi et al. 2001

Assigned by: Kim MK, Im WT, Ohta H, Lee M, Lee ST. Sphingopyxis granuli sp. nov., a beta-glucosidase-producing bacterium in the family Sphingomonadaceae in alpha-4 subclass of the Proteobacteria. J Microbiol 2005; 43:152-157.

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