Name: Sphingorhabdus pacifica corrig. Romanenko et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.ca. L. fem. adj. pacifica, of the pacific

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pa-KI-fi-ka, feminine

Type strain: JCM 30177; KMM 9574; NRIC 922

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16S rRNA gene: AB936074 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Romanenko LA, Tanaka N, Svetashev VI, Mikhailov VV. Sphingorhabdus pacificus sp. nov., isolated from sandy sediments of the Sea of Japan seashore. Arch Microbiol 2015; 197:147-153. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Parasphingorhabdus pacifica (Romanenko et al. 2015) Feng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingorhabdus pacificus Romanenko et al. 2015	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Parasphingorhabdus pacifica (Romanenko et al. 2015) Feng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Sphingorhabdus pacifica 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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Specific epithet corrected on validation. — 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, pacificus (sic), has been corrected on validation. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.

Parent taxon: Sphingorhabdus Jogler et al. 2013

Assigned by: Romanenko LA, Tanaka N, Svetashev VI, Mikhailov VV. Sphingorhabdus pacificus sp. nov., isolated from sandy sediments of the Sea of Japan seashore. Arch Microbiol 2015; 197:147-153. 🇷🇺

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