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Novosphingobium

Novosphingobium is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes N. taihuense, which can degrade aromatic compounds such as phenol, aniline, nitrobenzene and phenanthrene. The species N. aromativorans, which was first found in Ulsan Bay, similarly degrades aromatic molecules of two to five rings.

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Novosphingobium
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Erythrobacteraceae
Genus: Novosphingobium
Takeuchi et al. 20011
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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

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
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