Sphingopyxis italica

Sphingopyxis italica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Sphingomonadaceae
Genus: Sphingopyxis
Species: S. italica
Binomial name
Sphingopyxis italica
Alias-Villegas et al. 2013

Sphingopyxis italica is a bacterium.[1] It is Gram-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped and was isolated from volcanic rock in the Roman catacombs of Saint Callixtus in Rome. Its type strain is SC13E-S71T ( = DSM 25229T  = CECT 8016T).

References

  1. Alias-Villegas, C.; Jurado, V.; Laiz, L.; Saiz-Jimenez, C. (2012). "Sphingopyxis italica sp. nov., isolated from Roman catacombs". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt 7): 2565–2569. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.046573-0. ISSN 1466-5026.


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