Sphingobium | |
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Colonies of the gram negative bacterium Sphingobium chlorophenolicum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Sphingomonadales |
Family: | Sphingomonadaceae |
Genus: | Sphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001 |
Species[1] | |
Sphingobium abikonense[1] |
Sphingobium species are different from other sphingomonads in that they are commonly isolated from soil; They can degrade a variety of chemicals in the environment such as aromatic and chloroaromatic compounds, phenols like nonylphenol and pentachlorophenol, herbicides such as (RS)-2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) propionic acid and hexachlorocyclohexane, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
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