Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans

Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Sphingomonadaceae
Genus: Sphingomonas
Binomial name
Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans
Luo et al. 2012[1]
Type strain
JCM 16711, KCCM 42951, B2-7[2]

Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans is a Gram-negative, aerobic, short-rod-shaped and non-motile bacteria from the genus of Sphingomonas which has been isolated from water from the Botan Oil Port in Xiamen in China.[1][2][3][4] Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans has the ability to degrade hydrocarbon compounds.[4]

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 LPSN bacterio.net
  2. 1 2 UniProt
  3. Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
  4. 1 2 Luo, YR; Tian, Y; Huang, X; Kwon, K; Yang, SH; Seo, HS; Kim, SJ; Zheng, TL (June 2012). "Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium from an oil port water sample.". International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. 62 (Pt 6): 1223–7. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.033530-0. PMID 21742816.
External identifiers for Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans
Encyclopedia of Life 39790544


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