Reclassification of Sphingopyxis contaminans as Sphingorhabdus contaminans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Sphingorhabdus.

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 Sphingorhabduscontaminans comb. nov. An emended description of the genus Sphingorhabdus is also provided.