Name: Sphingopyxis ummariensis Sharma et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: um.ma.ri.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. ummariensis, pertaining to Ummari village, the place of isolation of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCM 7428; DSM 24316; MTCC 8591; UI2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF618307 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sharma P, Verma M, Bala K, Nigam A, Lal R. Sphingopyxis ummariensis sp. nov., isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane dump site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:780-784.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingopyxis terrae subsp. ummariensis (Sharma et al. 2010) Feng et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• 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:
  • ⏲ According to Feng et al. (2017), this species is not a later heterotypic synonym of Sphingomonas terrae Takeuchi et al. 1993. Publication: Feng GD, Wang DD, Yang SZ, Li HP, Zhu HH. Genome-based reclassification of Sphingopyxis ummariensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Sphingopyxis terrae, with the descriptions of Sphingopyxis terrae subsp. terrae subsp. nov. and Sphingopyxis terrae subsp. ummariensis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5279-5283.
  • ⏲ According to Feng et al. (2017), this species is not a later heterotypic synonym of Sphingopyxis terrae (Takeuchi et al. 1993) Takeuchi et al. 2001. Publication: Feng GD, Wang DD, Yang SZ, Li HP, Zhu HH. Genome-based reclassification of Sphingopyxis ummariensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Sphingopyxis terrae, with the descriptions of Sphingopyxis terrae subsp. terrae subsp. nov. and Sphingopyxis terrae subsp. ummariensis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5279-5283.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sphingopyxis Takeuchi et al. 2001

Assigned by: Sharma P, Verma M, Bala K, Nigam A, Lal R. Sphingopyxis ummariensis sp. nov., isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane dump site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:780-784.

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