Name: Yabuuchia colocasiae (Lin et al. 2018) Wang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sphingomonas colocasiae Lin et al. 2018

Etymology: co.lo.ca’si.ae. L. fem. n. Colocasia, the name of a botanical genus (taro); L. gen. fem. n. colocasiae, of taro, denoting the isolation of the type strain from taro tissue

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80933; CC-MHH0539; JCM 31229

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU248160 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang Y, You H, Kong Y-H, Sun C, Wu L-H, Kim S-G, Lee J-S, Xu L, Xu X-W. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Sphingomonas colocasiae Lin et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphingomonas colocasiae Lin et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Yabuuchia colocasiae 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 Yabuuchia.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-03.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Yabuuchia Wang et al. 2025

Assigned by: Wang Y, You H, Kong Y-H, Sun C, Wu L-H, Kim S-G, Lee J-S, Xu L, Xu X-W. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0.

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Record number: 65576