Name: Sphingosinicella vermicomposti Yasir et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ver.mi.com.pos’ti. L. masc. n. vermis, worm; L. neut. adj. compostum, compost; N.L. gen. masc. n. vermicomposti, of vermicompost, referring to the isolation of the type strain from vermicompost

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wer-mi-kom-POS-ti, feminine

Type strain: DSM 21593; KCTC 22446; YC7378

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU133480 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yasir M, Aslam Z, Song GC, Jeon CO, Chung YR. Sphingosinicella vermicomposti sp. nov., isolated from vermicompost, and emended description of the genus Sphingosinicella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:580-584. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1253-1255.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Allosphingosinicella vermicomposti (Yasir et al. 2010) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allosphingosinicella vermicomposti (Yasir et al. 2010) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Sphingosinicella vermicomposti 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 Sphingosinicella.
  • 😷 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 12 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker 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: Yasir M, Aslam Z, Song GC, Jeon CO, Chung YR. Sphingosinicella vermicomposti sp. nov., isolated from vermicompost, and emended description of the genus Sphingosinicella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:580-584. 🇰🇷

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