Sphingomonas abikonensis

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| taxon = Sphingomonas abikonensis

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| synonyms = Pseudomonas abikonensis

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Sphingomonas abikonensis is a species of Gram-negative bacteria. Following 16S rRNA phylogenetic analysis, it was determined that the organism formerly classified as 'P.' abikonensis belonged in the Sphingomonas rRNA lineage.{{cite journal |author=Anzai |title=Phylogenetic affiliation of the pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA sequence |journal=Int J Syst Evol Microbiol |volume=50 | issue = 4 |pages=1563–89 |date=Jul 2000 |pmid=10939664 |last2=Kim |first2=H |last3=Park |first3=JY |last4=Wakabayashi |first4=H |last5=Oyaizu |first5=H |doi=10.1099/00207713-50-4-1563|display-authors=etal}}{{cite journal |vauthors=Lee KB, Liu CT, Anzai Y, Kim H, Aono T, Oyaizu H |title=The hierarchical system of the Alphaproteobacteria: Description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov |journal=Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. |volume=55 |issue=Pt 5 |pages=1907–19 |date=September 2005 |pmid=16166687 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.63663-0 |doi-access=free }} It is capable of forming freshwater biofilms.{{cite journal |vauthors=Rickard AH, McBain AJ, Stead AT, Gilbert P |authorlink2=Andrew McBain (microbiologist) | title=Shear rate moderates community diversity in freshwater biofilms |journal=Appl. Environ. Microbiol. |volume=70 |issue=12 |pages=7426–35 |date=December 2004 |pmid=15574945 |pmc=535146 |doi=10.1128/AEM.70.12.7426-7435.2004 |bibcode=2004ApEnM..70.7426R }}