Sphingomonas paucimobilis

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Sphingomonas paucimobilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Sphingomonadaceae
Genus: Sphingomonas
Binomial name
Sphingomonas paucimobilis
(Holmes et al. 1977)
Yabuuchi et al. 1990
Synonyms

Pseudomonas paucimobilis Holmes et al. 1977

Sphingomonas paucimobilis is an aerobic Gram-negative soil bacillus that has a single polar flagellum with slow motility. As with the other members of the genus, its biochemistry is remarkable in possession of ubiquinone 10 as its major respiratory quinone, and of glycosphingolipids instead of lipopolysaccharides in its cell envelope.[1] It has been implicated in various types of clinical infection.,[2][3]

S. paucimobilis is able to degrade lignin-related biphenyl chemical compounds.[4]

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