
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.1243
Name	Sphingopyxis terrae (Takeuchi et al. 1993) Takeuchi et al. 2001 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	(Takeuchi et al. 1993) Takeuchi et al. 2001 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Preferred Name	Sphingopyxis terrae terrae
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.1243
Type Strain representative organism	E-1-A^T (=ATCC 51381 =CIP 104198 =NBRC 15098 =DSM 8831 =JCM 10195 =IFO 15098 =LMG 17326 =HAMBI 1834)


Proper Form	Sphingopyxis terrae (Takeuchi et al. 1993) Takeuchi et al. 2001 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Nomenclatural History	The species Sphingopyxis terrae was originally described and validly published by Takeuchi et al. 2001. This name was affected by Judicial Opinion 81 in 2008. Hördt et al. published an emended description of this species in 2020. Takeuchi et al. formed this name in 2001 by placing the species Sphingomonas terrae Takeuchi et al. 1993 into the genus Sphingopyxis Takeuchi et al. 2001 emend. Hördt et al. 2020. In 2017, Feng et al. reduced this species to the rank of subspecies to form Sphingopyxis terrae terrae (Takeuchi et al. 1993) Feng et al. 2017 . Feng et al. established this name as an earlier heterotypic synonym of Sphingopyxis ummariensis Sharma et al. 2010 emend. Hördt et al. 2020 in 2017. Readers are advised that there have been differing views about the taxonomy of Sphingomonas, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis in the past. We choose to disregard the assertions of Yabuuchi et al. 2002 that species of the latter three genera are homotypic synonyms of Sphingomonas. That is a given since those genera were formed on new combinations in which species of Sphingomonas are the basonyms. Readers should use the names based on the taxonomy they chose to follow.

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Sphingopyxis terrae (Takeuchi et al. 1993) Takeuchi et al. 2001 emend. Hördt et al. 2020.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.1243.
Source File	10.1601/nm.1243.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 26, 2020.

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