Name: Sphingorhabdus rigui (Baik et al. 2013) Park et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sphingopyxis rigui Baik et al. 2013

Etymology: ri’gu.i. L. gen. masc. n. rigui, of a well-watered place

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 01SU5-P; DSM 29050; JCM 17509; KCTC 23326

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ436492 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingopyxis rigui Baik et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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: 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: 792045