%0 Journal Article %A Yang, Song-Zhen %A Xiong, Xiong %A Feng, Guang-Da %A Li, Hua-Ping %A Zhu, Hong-Hui %T Reclassification of Sphingopyxis contaminans as Sphingorhabdus contaminans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Sphingorhabdus %D 2017 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 67 %N 11 %P 4328-4331 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002201 %K phylogenetic analysis %K 16S rRNA signature nucleotides %K catalase %K Sphingorhabdus contaminans %K genomic DNA G+C content %I Microbiology Society, %X With the description of the genus Sphingorhabdus , the taxonomic position of Sphingopyxis contaminans was re-evaluated based on analyses of 16S rRNA gene sequences and phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics. The results revealed that Sphingopyxis contaminans is clearly a member of the genus Sphingorhabdus and we proposed that Sphingopyxis contaminans (Subhash Y, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014;64:2238–2243) should be reclassified as Sphingorhabdus contaminans comb. nov. An emended description of the genus Sphingorhabdus is also provided. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002201