Sphingobium chlorophenolicum

Sphingobium chlorophenolicum
Colonies of the gram negative bacterium S. chlorophenolicum L1
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S. chlorophenolicum
Binomial name
Sphingobium chlorophenolicum

Sphingobium chlorophenolicum is a species of Proteobacteria.

Sphingobium chlorophenolicum strain L-1 is of interest to researchers because it can mineralise the toxic pesticide pentachlorophenol (PCP). [1] [2]

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References

  1. Copley SD, Rokicki J, Turner P, Daligault H, Nolan M, Land M (2012). "The whole genome sequence of Sphingobium chlorophenolicum L-1: insights into the evolution of the pentachlorophenol degradation pathway". Genome Biology and Evolution. 4 (2): 184–98. doi:10.1093/gbe/evr137. PMC 3318906. PMID 22179583.
  2. "Why sequence Sphingobium chlorophenolicum?". DOE Joint Genome Institute. Retrieved 7 February 2013.


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