Novosphingobium

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| authority = Takeuchi et al. 2001{{cite journal |vauthors=Takeuchi M, Hamana K, Hiraishi A | title = Proposal of the genus Sphingomonas sensu stricto and three new genera, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis, on the basis of phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic analyses | journal = Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | year = 2001 | volume = 51 | issue = Pt 4 | pages = 1405–1417| doi = 10.1099/00207713-51-4-1405 | pmid = 11491340 | doi-access = free }}

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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.{{cite journal|author1=Z.P. Liu|author2=B.J. Wang|author3=Y.H. Liu|author4=S.J. Liu|date=May 2005|title=Novosphingobium taihuense sp nov., a novel aromatic-compound-degrading bacterium isolated from Lake Tai, China|journal=Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.|volume=55|pages=1229–1232|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.63468-0|pmid=15879260|issue=Pt 3|doi-access=free}} The species N. aromativorans, which was first found in Ulsan Bay, similarly degrades aromatic molecules of two to five rings.{{cite journal|author1=J.H. Sohn|author2=K.K. Kwon|author3=J.-H. Kang|author4=H.-B. Jung|author5=S.-J. Kim|year=2004|title=Novosphingobium pentaromativorans sp. nov., a high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from estuarine sediment|journal=Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.|volume=54|pages=1483–1487|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.02945-0|pmid=15388699|issue=Pt 5|doi-access=free}}

Species

=Accepted Species=

Novosphingobium comprises the following species:{{cite web|vauthors=Euzéby JP, Parte AC |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/novosphingobium |title=Novosphingobium |access-date=June 5, 2021 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}

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=Provisional Species=

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

  • "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

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Category:Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria

Category:Bacteria genera

Category:Sphingomonadales

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