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Sphingobium indicum

Sphingobium indicum is a hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacteria with type strain MTCC 6364T. Its genome has been sequenced.

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Sphingobium indicum
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Sphingomonadaceae
Genus: Sphingobium
Species:
S. indicum
Binomial name
Sphingobium indicum
Pal et al. 2005

Sphingobium indicum is a hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacteria with type strain MTCC 6364T (=CCM 7286T).1 Its genome has been sequenced.2

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  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. Anand, S.; Sangwan, N.; Lata, P.; Kaur, J.; Dua, A.; Singh, A. K.; Verma, M.; Kaur, J.; Khurana, J. P.; Khurana, P.; Mathur, S.; Lal, R. (2012). "Genome Sequence of Sphingobium indicum B90A, a Hexachlorocyclohexane-Degrading Bacterium". Journal of Bacteriology. 194 (16): 4471–4472. doi:10.1128/JB.00901-12. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 3416241. PMID 22843598.
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