Name: Sphingorhabdus flavimaris (Yoon and Oh 2005) Jogler et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sphingopyxis flavimaris Yoon and Oh 2005

Etymology: fla.vi.ma’ris. L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow; L. gen. neut. n. maris, of the sea; N.L. gen. neut. n. flavimaris, of the Yellow Sea

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 16223; KCTC 12232; SW-151

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY554010 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jogler M, Chen H, Simon J, Rohde M, Busse HJ, Klenk HP, Tindall BJ, Overmann J. Description of Sphingorhabdus planktonica gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of three related members of the genus Sphingopyxis in the genus Sphingorhabdus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1342-1349.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Parasphingorhabdus flavimaris (Yoon and Oh 2005) Feng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingopyxis flavimaris Yoon and Oh 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Parasphingorhabdus flavimaris (Yoon and Oh 2005) Feng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Sphingorhabdus flavimaris 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 Sphingorhabdus.
  • 😷 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: Sphingorhabdus Jogler et al. 2013

Assigned by: Jogler M, Chen H, Simon J, Rohde M, Busse HJ, Klenk HP, Tindall BJ, Overmann J. Description of Sphingorhabdus planktonica gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of three related members of the genus Sphingopyxis in the genus Sphingorhabdus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1342-1349.

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Record number: 790638