Novosphingobium
Novosphingobium is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes N. taihuense, which can degrade aromatic compounds such as phenol, aniline, nitrobenzene and phenanthrene.[2] The species N. aromativorans, which was first found in Ulsan Bay, similarly degrades aromatic molecules of two to five rings.[3]
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Class: | Alpha Proteobacteria |
Order: | Sphingomonadales |
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Genus: | Novosphingobium |
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N. acidiphilum[1] |
References
- Parte, A.C. "Novosphingobium". LPSN.
- Z.P. Liu; B.J. Wang; Y.H. Liu; S.J. Liu (May 2005). "Novosphingobium taihuense sp nov., a novel aromatic-compound-degrading bacterium isolated from Lake Tai, China". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55 (Pt 3): 1229–1232. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63468-0. PMID 15879260.
- J.H. Sohn; K.K. Kwon; J.-H. Kang; H.-B. Jung; S.-J. Kim (2004). "Novosphingobium pentaromativorans sp. nov., a high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from estuarine sediment". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54 (Pt 5): 1483–1487. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02945-0. PMID 15388699.