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  <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
    <name-status-group>
      <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1230" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1231" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1231" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1230">Rhizomonas</identifier>
      <authority>van Bruggen et al. 1990</authority>
      <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1166" illegitimate="true" is-current="false" rejected="true" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
    </name-status-group>
  </nomenclature>
  <events>
    <event date="1990" reference="rid.6161" type="validation" />
    <event date="1990" reference="rid.6161" type="effective-publication" />
    <event date="1954" reference="rid.9342" type="judicial-opinion">
      <opinion opinion-number="14" opinion-type="Rejected">
        <curatorial-note>Names to be rejected as later synonyms of names of genera of protozoa: 
(listed in text of Opinion 14, rid.9342)
 
Astasia 
Castellanella
Charon
Coccomonas
Listerella
Palmula
Pfeifferella
Phytomonas
Rhizomonas
Rhodosphaera</curatorial-note>
      </opinion>
      <references>
        <reference date="1951" id="rid.9336" type="advocacy" />
        <reference date="1953" id="rid.9339" type="advocacy" />
      </references>
    </event>
  </events>
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    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1230" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1231" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1231" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1230">Rhizomonas</identifier>
        <authority>van Bruggen et al. 1990</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1166" illegitimate="true" is-current="false" rejected="true" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
      </name-status-group>
    </nomenclature>
    <nomenclatural-type nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1231" xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1231" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1231" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1231">Rhizomonas suberifaciens</identifier>
        <authority>van Bruggen et al. 1990</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhizorhapis suberifaciens" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25326" illegitimate="true" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
      </name-status-group>
    </nomenclatural-type>
    <taxonomic-equivalence />
    <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.0" rank="root">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.0" rank="root" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.0">Universal Root</identifier>
          <authority>Woese et al. 1990</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Universal Root" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.0" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
      <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.419" rank="domain">
        <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
          <name-status-group>
            <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.419" rank="domain" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.419">Bacteria</identifier>
            <authority>(None 2015) Woese et al. 1990</authority>
            <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Bacteria" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.419" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
          </name-status-group>
        </nomenclature>
        <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.808" rank="phylum">
          <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
            <name-status-group>
              <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.808" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2552" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2553" rank="phylum" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.808">Proteobacteria</identifier>
              <authority>(sic) Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
              <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pseudomonadota" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.40185" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
            </name-status-group>
            <name-status-group>
              <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.40185" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2552" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2553" rank="phylum" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.808">Pseudomonadota</identifier>
              <authority>corrig. Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
              <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pseudomonadota" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.40185" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
            </name-status-group>
            <name-status-group>
              <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.31608" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2552" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2553" rank="phylum" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.808">Alphaproteobacteriota</identifier>
              <authority>(sic) Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
              <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pseudomonadota" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.40185" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
            </name-status-group>
          </nomenclature>
          <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.809" rank="class">
            <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
              <name-status-group>
                <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.809" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1248" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1251" rank="class" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.809">Alphaproteobacteria</identifier>
                <authority>Garrity et al. 2006</authority>
                <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Alphaproteobacteria" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.809" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
              </name-status-group>
            </nomenclature>
            <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.1164" rank="order">
              <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
                <name-status-group>
                  <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1164" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1166" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2659" rank="order" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1164">Sphingomonadales</identifier>
                  <authority>Yabuuchi and Kosako 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
                  <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingomonadales" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1164" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
                </name-status-group>
              </nomenclature>
              <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.1165" rank="family">
                <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
                  <name-status-group>
                    <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1165" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1166" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2659" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1165">Sphingomonadaceae</identifier>
                    <authority>Kosako et al. 2000 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
                    <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingomonadaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1165" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
                  </name-status-group>
                </nomenclature>
                <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.1230" rank="genus">
                  <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
                    <name-status-group>
                      <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1230" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1231" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1231" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1230">Rhizomonas</identifier>
                      <authority>van Bruggen et al. 1990</authority>
                      <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1166" illegitimate="true" is-current="false" rejected="true" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
                    </name-status-group>
                  </nomenclature>
                </ancestor>
              </ancestor>
            </ancestor>
          </ancestor>
        </ancestor>
      </ancestor>
    </ancestor>
    <parent doi="10.1601/tx.1165" rank="family">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1165" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1166" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2659" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1165">Sphingomonadaceae</identifier>
          <authority>Kosako et al. 2000 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingomonadaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1165" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </parent>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1245" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1245" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.11158" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1246" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1245">Zymomonas</identifier>
          <authority>Kluyver and van Niel 1936 emend. Carr 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Zymomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1245" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1234" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1234" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1235" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1203" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1234">Sphingobium</identifier>
          <authority>Takeuchi et al. 2001 emend. Li et al. 2013</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingobium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1234" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.9841" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.9841" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.9840" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.9840" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.9841">Sphingosinicella</identifier>
          <authority>Maruyama et al. 2006 emend. Qiao et al. 2019</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingosinicella" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.9841" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1232" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1232" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1233" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1233" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1232">Sandaracinobacter</identifier>
          <authority>Yurkov et al. 1997 emend. Lee et al. 2020</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sandaracinobacter" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1232" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1214" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1214" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1215" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1215" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1214">Erythromonas</identifier>
          <authority>Yurkov et al. 1997</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Blastomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1204" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1216" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1216" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1217" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.8078" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1216">Novosphingobium</identifier>
          <authority>Takeuchi et al. 2001</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Novosphingobium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1216" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.9994" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.9994" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.9993" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.9993" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.9994">Sandarakinorhabdus</identifier>
          <authority>Gich and Overmann 2006 emend. Cai et al. 2018</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sandarakinorhabdus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.9994" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1238" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1238" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1239" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1183" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1238">Sphingopyxis</identifier>
          <authority>Takeuchi et al. 2001 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingopyxis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1238" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1204" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1204" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1205" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1477" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1204">Blastomonas</identifier>
          <authority>Sly and Cahill 1997 emend. Hiraishi et al. 2000</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Blastomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1204" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1166" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1166" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1167" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2659" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1166">Sphingomonas</identifier>
          <authority>Yabuuchi et al. 1990 emend. Feng et al. 2017</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1166" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.23110" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23110" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.23111" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23111" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23110">Sphingomicrobium</identifier>
          <authority>Kämpfer et al. 2012 emend. Shahina et al. 2013</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingomicrobium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.23110" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.23336" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23336" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.23337" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23337" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23336">Parasphingopyxis</identifier>
          <authority>Uchida et al. 2012 emend. Jeong et al. 2017</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Parasphingopyxis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.23336" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.24027" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.24027" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.24028" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.24028" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.24027">Sphingorhabdus</identifier>
          <authority>Jogler et al. 2013 emend. Feng et al. 2020</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingorhabdus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.24027" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.25202" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.25202" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.25203" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.25203" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.25202">Hephaestia</identifier>
          <authority>Felföldi et al. 2014</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Hephaestia" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25202" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.25524" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.25524" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.25525" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.25525" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.25524">Polymorphobacter</identifier>
          <authority>Fukuda et al. 2014 emend. Jia et al. 2015</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Polymorphobacter" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25524" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.26248" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.26248" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.26249" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.26249" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.26248">Parablastomonas</identifier>
          <authority>Ren et al. 2015</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Parablastomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.26248" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.27305" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.27305" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.27306" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27306" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27305">Pacificamonas</identifier>
          <authority>(sic) Liu et al. 2016</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pacificimonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.28101" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.28101" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.27306" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27306" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27305">Pacificimonas</identifier>
          <authority>corrig. Liu et al. 2016</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pacificimonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.28101" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.27946" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.27946" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.27947" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27947" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27946">Sphingoaurantiacus</identifier>
          <authority>Kim et al. 2015 emend. Tan et al. 2016</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingoaurantiacus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.27946" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
        </name-status-group>
      </nomenclature>
    </sibling>
    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.28510" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.28510" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.28510">Binariimonas</identifier>
          <authority>Zhao et al. 2016</authority>
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