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. fem. 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. — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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