“…At the time of writing, the genus comprised 12 species: Sphingobacterium spiritivorum (the type species), S. anhuiense, S. antarcticum, S. canadense, S. composti, S. daejeonense, S. faecium, S. kitahiroshimense, S. mizutaii, S. multivorum, S. siyangense and S. thalpophilum (Wei et al, 2008;Shivaji et al, 1992;Mehnaz et al, 2007;Ten et al, 2006;Kim et al, 2006;Takeuchi & Yokota, 1992;Matsuyama et al, 2008;Yabuuchi et al, 1983;Liu et al, 2008). The name Sphingobacterium composti has been proposed for two different strains Yoo et al, 2007). As the name Sphingobacterium composti Yoo et al 2007 is a later homonym of Sphingobacterium composti Ten et al 2007 (http://www.…”