
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.1193
Name	Sphingomonas stygia Balkwill et al. 1997
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Balkwill et al. 1997
Preferred Name	Novosphingobium stygium
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.1193
Type Strain representative organism	SMCC B0712^T (=DSM 12445 =CIP 105154 =IFO 16085 =ATCC 700280 =NBRC 16085)


Proper Form	Sphingomonas stygia Balkwill et al. 1997
Nomenclatural History	The species Sphingomonas stygia was originally described and validly published by Balkwill et al. 1997. In 2001, Takeuchi et al. established Sphingomonas stygia as the basonym of Novosphingobium stygium corrig. (Balkwill et al. 1997) Takeuchi et al. 2001 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Sphingomonas stygia Balkwill et al. 1997.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.1193.
Source File	10.1601/nm.1193.xml

References

Balkwill DL, Drake GR, Reeves RH, Fredrickson JK, White DC, Ringelberg DB, Chandler DP, Romine MF, Kennedy DW, Spadoni CM. Taxonomic study of aromatic-degrading bacteria from deep-terrestrial-subsurface sediments and description of Sphingomonas aromaticivorans sp. nov., Sphingomonas subterranea sp. nov., and Sphingomonas stygia sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:191-201. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-47-1-191 [PubMed].
Takeuchi M, Hamana K, Hiraishi A. Proposal of the genus Sphingomonas sensu stricto and three new genera, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis, on the basis of phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic analyses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1405-1417. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-51-4-1405 [PubMed].