Name: Sphingorhabdus contaminans (Subhash et al. 2014) Yang et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sphingopyxis contaminans Subhash et al. 2014

Etymology: con.ta’mi.nans. L. part. adj. contaminans, contaminating

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JC 216; KCTC 32445; LMG 27671

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HG008904 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang SZ, Xiong X, Feng GD, Li HP, Zhu HH. Reclassification of Sphingopyxis contaminans as Sphingorhabdus contaminans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Sphingorhabdus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4328-4331.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Sphingorhabdus contaminans" (Subhash et al. 2014) Chen et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Sphingopyxis contaminans Subhash et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: CGMCC 1.12929; JCM 30114.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Sphingorhabdus Jogler et al. 2013

Assigned by: Yang SZ, Xiong X, Feng GD, Li HP, Zhu HH. Reclassification of Sphingopyxis contaminans as Sphingorhabdus contaminans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Sphingorhabdus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4328-4331.

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Record number: 796215