Novosphingobium

<i>Novosphingobium</i>

Novosphingobium

Genus of bacteria


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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Species

Accepted Species

Novosphingobium comprises the following species:[4]

Provisional Species

The following species names have been published, but not validated according to the Bacteriological Code:[4]

  • "Novosphingobium aquaticum" Singh et al. 2015
  • "Novosphingobium ginsenosidimutans" Kim et al. 2013
  • "Novosphingobium profundi" Zhang et al. 2017
  • "Novosphingobium sediminis" Li et al. 2012
  • "Novosphingobium tardum" Chen et al. 2015

References

  1. Takeuchi M, Hamana K, Hiraishi A (2001). "Proposal of the genus Sphingomonas sensu stricto and three new genera, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis, on the basis of phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic analyses". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 51 (Pt 4): 1405–1417. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-4-1405. PMID 11491340.
  2. 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.
  3. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Novosphingobium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 5, 2021.



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