Sphingobium japonicum

Sphingobium japonicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Sphingomonadaceae
Genus: Sphingobium
Species: S. japonicum
Pal et al. 2005
Binomial name
Sphingobium japonicum

Sphingobium japonicum is a hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacteria with type strain MTCC 6362T (=CCM 7287T).[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

References

  1. Pal, R. (2005). "Hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacterial strains Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A, UT26 and Sp+, having similar lin genes, represent three distinct species, Sphingobium indicum sp. nov., Sphingobium japonicum sp. nov. and Sphingobium francense sp. nov., and reclassification of [Sphingomonas] chungbukensis as Sphingobium chungbukense comb. nov.". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (5): 1965–1972. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63201-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
  2. Nagata, Yuji, et al. "Complete genome sequence of the representative γ-hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacterium Sphingobium japonicum UT26."Journal of bacteriology 192.21 (2010): 5852-5853.

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