Name: Sphingorhabdus arenilitoris Park et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.re.ni.li.to’ris. L. fem. n. arena, sand; L. neut. n. litus (gen. litoris), the seashore, coast; N.L. gen. neut. n. arenilitoris, of sand of the seashore, from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 8531; DSM 100569; GJR-7; KCTC 42051

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KJ452169 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park JM, Park S, Jung YT, Kim H, Lee JS, Yoon JH. Sphingorhabdus arenilitoris sp. nov., isolated from a coastal sand, and reclassification of Sphingopyxis rigui as Sphingorhabdus rigui comb. nov. and Sphingopyxis wooponensis as Sphingorhabdus wooponensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2551-2557.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3607-3609.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Sphingorhabdus Jogler et al. 2013

Assigned by: Park JM, Park S, Jung YT, Kim H, Lee JS, Yoon JH. Sphingorhabdus arenilitoris sp. nov., isolated from a coastal sand, and reclassification of Sphingopyxis rigui as Sphingorhabdus rigui comb. nov. and Sphingopyxis wooponensis as Sphingorhabdus wooponensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2551-2557.

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Record number: 792050