Sphingobium

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Sphingobium chlorophenolicum L1.jpeg

| image_caption = Colonies of the gram negative bacterium Sphingobium chlorophenolicum

| taxon = Sphingobium

| authority = Takeuchi et al. 2001

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision_ref = {{Cite web|title=Genus: Sphingobium|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/sphingobium|access-date=2021-10-10|website=lpsn.dsmz.de|language=en}}

| subdivision =Sphingobium abikonense

Sphingobium amiense

Sphingobium aromaticiconvertens

Sphingobium baderi

Sphingobium barthaii

Sphingobium boecki

Sphingobium chinhatense

Sphingobium chlorophenolicum

Sphingobium chungbukense

Sphingobium cloacae

Sphingobium cupriresistens

Sphingobium czechense

Sphingobium endophyticum

Sphingobium faniae

Sphingobium fontiphilum

Sphingobium francense

Sphingobium fuliginis

Sphingobium herbicidovorans

Sphingobium indicum

Sphingobium japonicum

Sphingobium jiangsuense

Sphingobium lactosutens

Sphingobium limneticum

Sphingobium lucknowense

Sphingobium mellinum

Sphingobium olei

Sphingobium phenoxybenzoativorans

Sphingobium qiguonii

Sphingobium quisquiliarum

Sphingobium rhizovicinum

Sphingobium scionense

Sphingobium subterraneum

Sphingobium sufflavum

Sphingobium ummariense

Sphingobium vermicomposti

Sphingobium vulgare

Sphingobium wenxiniae

Sphingobium xanthum

Sphingobium xenophagum

Sphingobium yanoikuyae

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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.