Species Sphingosinithalassobacter tenebrarum

Name: Sphingosinithalassobacter tenebrarum Zheng and Sun 2020

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: te.ne.bra’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. tenebrarum, of the darkness

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sp^hin-go-si-ni-t^ha-las-so-BAK-ter te-ne-BRA-rum, masculine

Type strain: KCTC 72896; MCCC 1K04416; zrk23

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT460676 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zheng R, Sun C. Sphingosinithalassobacter tenebrarum sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea cold seep. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5561-5566. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4565.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Stakelama tenebrarum (Zheng and Sun 2020) Wang et al. 2025

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Stakelama tenebrarum (Zheng and Sun 2020) Wang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Sphingosinithalassobacter tenebrarum 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 Sphingosinithalassobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Sphingosinithalassobacter Hetharua et al. 2019

Assigned by: Zheng R, Sun C. Sphingosinithalassobacter tenebrarum sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea cold seep. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5561-5566. 🇨🇳

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