Sphingobium_japonicum

Sphingobium japonicum

Sphingobium japonicum

Species of bacterium

Sphingobium japonicum is a hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacteria with type strain MTCC 6362T (=CCM 7287T).[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Pal, R. (2005). "Hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacterial strains Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A, UT26 and Sp+, having similar lin genes, represent three distinct species, Sphingobium indicum sp. nov., Sphingobium japonicum sp. nov. and Sphingobium francense sp. nov., and reclassification of [Sphingomonas] chungbukensis as Sphingobium chungbukense comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (5): 1965–1972. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63201-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 16166696.
  2. [2]
    Nagata, Yuji; et al. (2010). "Complete genome sequence of the representative γ-hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacterium Sphingobium japonicum UT26". Journal of Bacteriology. 192 (21): 5852–5853. doi:10.1128/jb.00961-10. PMC 2953701. PMID 20817768.

Further reading

  • Nagata, Yuji; Natsui, Shunsuke; Endo, Ryo; Ohtsubo, Yoshiyuki; Ichikawa, Natsuko; Ankai, Akiho; Oguchi, Akio; Fukui, Shigehiro; Fujita, Nobuyuki; Tsuda, Masataka (2011). "Genomic organization and genomic structural rearrangements of Sphingobium japonicum UT26, an archetypal γ-hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacterium". Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 49 (6–7): 499–508. doi:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2011.10.005. ISSN 0141-0229. PMID 22142724.
  • Okai, Masahiko; Kubota, Keiko; Fukuda, Masao; Nagata, Yuji; Nagata, Koji; Tanokura, Masaru (2010). "Crystal Structure of γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane Dehydrochlorinase LinA from Sphingobium japonicum UT26". Journal of Molecular Biology. 403 (2): 260–269. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2010.08.043. ISSN 0022-2836. PMID 20813114.


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