Sphingomonas stygia

Sphingomonas stygia is a species of bacteria. It is an aromatic compound-degrading bacteria, it is gram-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile and rod-shaped. It is found in deep-terrestrial-subsurface sediments.[1]

Sphingomonas stygia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Alpha Proteobacteria
Order:
Sphingomonadales
Family:
Sphingomonadaceae
Genus:
Sphingomonas
Binomial name
Sphingomonas stygia
Balkwill et al. 1997
Synonyms

Novosphingobium stygium (Takeuchi et al. 2001)

References
  1. Balkwill, D. L.; Drake, G. R.; Reeves, R. H.; Fredrickson, J. K.; White, D. C.; Ringelberg, D. B.; Chandler, D. P.; Romine, M. F.; Kennedy, D. W.; Spadoni, C. M. (1997). "Taxonomic Study of Aromatic-Degrading Bacteria from Deep-Terrestrial-Subsurface Sediments and Description of Sphingomonas aromaticivorans sp. nov., Sphingomonas subterranea sp. nov., and Sphingomonas stygia sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (1): 191–201. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-1-191. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 8995822.

Further reading
  • Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 7: Proteobacteria: Delta and Epsilon Subclasses. Deeply Rooting Bacteria. Vol. 7. Springer, 2006.
  • Takeuchi, Mariko; Hamana, Koei; Hiraishi, Akira (2001). "Proposal of the genus Sphingomonas sensu stricto and three new genera, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis, on the basis of phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic analyses". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51 (4): 1405–1417. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-4-1405.


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