Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans

Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans is a Gram-negative, aerobic, short-rod-shaped and non-motile bacteria from the genus of Sphingomonas which has been isolated from water from the Botan Oil Port in Xiamen in China.[1][2][3][4] Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans has the ability to degrade hydrocarbon compounds.[4]

Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Alpha Proteobacteria
Order:
Sphingomonadales
Family:
Sphingomonadaceae
Genus:
Sphingomonas
Binomial name
Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans
Luo et al. 2012[1]
Type strain
JCM 16711, KCCM 42951, B2-7[2]

References
  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. UniProt
  3. Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
  4. Luo, YR; Tian, Y; Huang, X; Kwon, K; Yang, SH; Seo, HS; Kim, SJ; Zheng, TL (June 2012). "Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium from an oil port water sample". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (Pt 6): 1223–7. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.033530-0. PMID 21742816.


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