Species Sphingopyxis lutea

Name: Sphingopyxis lutea Chhetri et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: lu’te.a. L. fem. adj. lutea, golden‑yellow

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sp^hin-go-PY-xis LU-te-a, feminine

Type strain: DHUNG17; KACC 21746; NBRC 114643

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN956702 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chhetri G, Kim I, Seo T. Sphingopyxis lutea sp. nov., a novel moderately halotolerant bacterium isolated from pebbles. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:406. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 213. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5997.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sphingopyxis jiangsuensis Gao et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingopyxis jiangsuensis Gao et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Chen et al. (2024), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Sphingopyxis jiangsuensis Gao et al. 2023. Publication: Chen X, Wang D, Qu Q, Zhang X, Wei Y. Genome-based reclassification of Sphingopyxis lutea Chhetri et al. 2023 as a later heterotypic synonym of Sphingopyxis jiangsuensis Gao et al. 2023. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6446. 🇨🇳
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6494.
  • ❗ Sphingopyxis lutea 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 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Sphingopyxis Takeuchi et al. 2001

Assigned by: Chhetri G, Kim I, Seo T. Sphingopyxis lutea sp. nov., a novel moderately halotolerant bacterium isolated from pebbles. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:406. 🇰🇷

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