Name: Sphingopyxis indica Jindal et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.ca. L. fem. adj. indica, of India, place of isolation of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCM 7542; DS15; DSM 27519; MCC 2023; MTCC 9455

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF494193 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jindal S, Dua A, Lal R. Sphingopyxis indica sp. nov., isolated from a high dose point hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)-contaminated dumpsite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2186-2191.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The adjective indica is a Latin feminine adjective, not a neo-Latin feminine adjective as cited in the paper by Jindal et al. 2013. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Sphingopyxis Takeuchi et al. 2001

Assigned by: Jindal S, Dua A, Lal R. Sphingopyxis indica sp. nov., isolated from a high dose point hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)-contaminated dumpsite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2186-2191.

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