Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans

Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Erythrobacteraceae
Genus: Novosphingobium
Species:
N. naphthalenivorans
Binomial name
Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans
Suzuki and Hiraishi 2008[1]
Type strain
DSM 18518, JCM 13951, NBRC 102051, TUT562[2]

Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans is a Gram-negative and strictly aerobic bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from soil which was contaminated with polychlorinated-dioxin in Japan.[1][2][3] Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans has the ability to degrade naphthalene.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Parte, A.C. "Novosphingobium". LPSN.
  2. ^ a b "Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans". www.uniprot.org.
  3. ^ a b Suzuki, S; Hiraishi, A (August 2007). "Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans sp. nov., a naphthalene-degrading bacterium isolated from polychlorinated-dioxin-contaminated environments". The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 53 (4): 221–8. doi:10.2323/jgam.53.221. PMID 17878661.


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