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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sphingopyxis wooponensis Baik et al. 2013

Etymology: woo.po.nen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. wooponensis, of or belonging to Woopo wetland, Republic of Korea, the geographical origin of the type strain of the species

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 03SU3-P; DSM 29350; JCM 17547; KCTC 23340

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ436493 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 wooponensis 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: 792046