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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Sphingomonas oligophenolica

Name: Sphingomonas oligophenolica Ohta et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.li.go.phe.no’li.ca. Gr. masc. adj. oligos, little, scanty; N.L. neut. n. phenol, phenol; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. oligophenolica, relating to small amounts of phenolic compounds

Pronunciation, gender: o-li-go-phe-NO-li-ka, feminine

Type strain: CIP 107926; DSM 17107; JCM 12082; S213

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB018439 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ohta H, Hattori R, Ushiba Y, Mitsui H, Ito M, Watanabe H, Tonosaki A, Hattori T. Sphingomonas oligophenolica sp. nov., a halo- and organo-sensitive oligotrophic bacterium from paddy soil that degrades phenolic acids at low concentrations. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2185-2190. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Ohta H, Hattori R, Ushiba Y, Mitsui H, Ito M, Watanabe H, Tonosaki A, Hattori T. Sphingomonas oligophenolica sp. nov., a halo- and organo-sensitive oligotrophic bacterium from paddy soil that degrades phenolic acids at low concentrations. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2185-2190. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 781018
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