Name: Sphingosinicella xenopeptidilytica Geueke et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xe.no.pep.ti.di.ly’ti.ca. Gr. masc. n. xenos, foreign; N.L. neut. n. peptidum, peptide; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. xenopeptidilytica, lysing foreign (xenobiotic) peptides

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kse-no-pep-ti-di-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: 3-2W4; CCUG 52537; DSM 17130

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY950663 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: 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. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.23018 (N = 7).
  • 😷 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 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Sphingosinicella Maruyama et al. 2006

Assigned by: 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. 🇨🇭

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