Name: Sphingopyxis terrae subsp. terrae (Takeuchi et al. 1993) Feng et al. 2017

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: Sphingomonas terrae Takeuchi et al. 1993

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the earth

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51381; CIP 104198; DSM 8831; E-1-A; HAMBI 1834; IFO 15098; JCM 10195; LMG 17326; NBRC 15098

See detailed strain information at

Valid publication: Feng GD, Wang DD, Yang SZ, Li HP, Zhu HH. Genome-based reclassification of Sphingopyxis ummariensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Sphingopyxis terrae, with the descriptions of Sphingopyxis terrae subsp. terrae subsp. nov. and Sphingopyxis terrae subsp. ummariensis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5279-5283.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Sphingopyxis terrae subsp. ummariensis (Sharma et al. 2010) Feng et al. 2017 but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Feng GD, Wang DD, Yang SZ, Li HP, Zhu HH. Genome-based reclassification of Sphingopyxis ummariensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Sphingopyxis terrae, with the descriptions of Sphingopyxis terrae subsp. terrae subsp. nov. and Sphingopyxis terrae subsp. ummariensis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5279-5283.
  • ❗ Sphingopyxis terrae subsp. terrae is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Sphingopyxis terrae within a separate genus Sphingopyxis.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.

Parent taxon: Sphingopyxis terrae (Takeuchi et al. 1993) Takeuchi et al. 2001

Assigned by: Feng GD, Wang DD, Yang SZ, Li HP, Zhu HH. Genome-based reclassification of Sphingopyxis ummariensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Sphingopyxis terrae, with the descriptions of Sphingopyxis terrae subsp. terrae subsp. nov. and Sphingopyxis terrae subsp. ummariensis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5279-5283.

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