Novosphingobium

Novosphingobium is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes N. taihuense, which can degrade aromatic compounds such as phenol, aniline, nitrobenzene and phenanthrene.[2] The species N. aromativorans, which was first found in Ulsan Bay, similarly degrades aromatic molecules of two to five rings.[3]

Novosphingobium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Erythrobacteraceae
Genus: Novosphingobium
Takeuchi et al. 2001[1]
Species

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Species

Accepted Species

Novosphingobium comprises the following species:[4]

Provisional Species

The following species names have been published, but not validated according to the Bacteriological Code:[4]

  • "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

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