Novosphingobium

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Sphingomonadaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Sphingomonadaceae
Genus: Novosphingobium
Species

N. pentaromativorans
N. subarcticum
N. taihuense

Novosphingobium is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes N. taihuense, which can degrade aromatic compounds such as phenol, aniline, nitrobenzene and phenanthrene[1]. The species N. aromativorans, which was first found in Ulsan Bay, similarly degrades aromatic molecules of two to five rings[2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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 Taihu Lake, China". Int. J. Sys. Evol. Microbiol. 55: 1229-1232. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63468-0. ISSN 1466-5026. 
  2. ^ J.H. Sohn, K.K. Kwon, J.-H. Kang, H.-B. Jung and S.-J. Kim (2004). "Novosphingobium pentaromativorans sp. nov., a high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from estuarine sediment". Int. J. Sys. Evol. Microbiol. 54: 1483-1487. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02945-0. 


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