Sphingomonas aromaticivorans

Sphingomonas aromaticivorans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Sphingomonadaceae
Genus: Sphingomonas
Binomial name
Sphingomonas aromaticivorans
Balkwill et al. 1997
Synonyms

Novosphingobium aromaticivorans (Takeuchi et al. 2001)

Sphingomonas aromaticivorans is a species of bacteria. It is an aromatic compound-degrading bacteria, it is gram-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile and rod-shaped. It is found in deep-terrestrial-subsurface sediments.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Balkwill, D. L.; Drake, G. R.; Reeves, R. H.; Fredrickson, J. K.; White, D. C.; Ringelberg, D. B.; Chandler, D. P.; Romine, M. F.; Kennedy, D. W.; Spadoni, C. M. (1997). "Taxonomic Study of Aromatic-Degrading Bacteria from Deep-Terrestrial-Subsurface Sediments and Description of Sphingomonas aromaticivorans sp. nov., Sphingomonas subterranea sp. nov., and Sphingomonas stygia sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (1): 191–201. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-1-191. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 8995822.

Further reading

  • M. F. Romine; L. C. Stillwell; K. K. Wong; S. J. Thurston; E. C. Sisk; C. Sensen; T. Gaasterland; J. K. Fredrickson & J. D. Saffer (March 1999). "Complete sequence of a 184-kilobase catabolic plasmid from Sphingomonas aromaticivorans F199". Journal of Bacteriology. 181 (5): 1585–1602. PMC 93550. PMID 10049392.
  • Romine, M F; Fredrickson, J K; Li, S-M W (1999). "Induction of aromatic catabolic activity in Sphingomonas aromaticivorans strain F199". Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. 23 (4–5): 303–313. doi:10.1038/sj.jim.2900750. ISSN 1367-5435.
  • Takeuchi, Mariko; Hamana, Koei; Hiraishi, Akira (2001). "Proposal of the genus Sphingomonas sensu stricto and three new genera, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis, on the basis of phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic analyses". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51 (4): 1405–1417. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-4-1405.


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