Name: Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans Maruyama et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.cro.cys’ti.ni.vo’rans N.L. neut. n. microcystinum, microcystin; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. microcystinivorans, microcystin-degrading

Gender: feminine

Type strains: DSM 19791; JCM 13185; KCTC 12019; strain Y2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB084247 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Maruyama T, Park HD, Ozawa K, Tanaka Y, Sumino T, Hamana K, Hiraishi A, Kato K. Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a microcystin-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:85-89.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Geueke et al. 2007 Geueke B, Busse HJ, Fleischmann T, Kampfer P, Kohler HP. Description of Sphingosinicella xenopeptidilytica sp. nov., a beta-peptide-degrading species, and emended descriptions of the genus Sphingosinicella and the species Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:107-113. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:659-660.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Sphingosinicella Maruyama et al. 2006. Publication: Maruyama T, Park HD, Ozawa K, Tanaka Y, Sumino T, Hamana K, Hiraishi A, Kato K. Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a microcystin-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:85-89.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hördt A, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Göker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front. Microbiol. 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Sphingosinicella Maruyama et al. 2006

Assigned by: Maruyama T, Park HD, Ozawa K, Tanaka Y, Sumino T, Hamana K, Hiraishi A, Kato K. Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a microcystin-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:85-89.

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