Sphingobium

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Sphingobium
Colonies of the gram negative bacterium Sphingobium chlorophenolicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Sphingomonadales
Family:	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus:	Sphingobium
Species
[1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] Sphingobium chlorophenolicum [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] Sphingobium francense[1] [1] [1] Sphingobium indicum[1] Sphingobium japonicum [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1]

Sphingobium species are different from other sphingomonads in that they are commonly isolated from soil; however, Sphingobium yanoikuyae was isolated from a clinical specimen. They can degrade a variety of chemicals in the environment such as aromatic and chloroaromatic compounds, phenols like nonylphenol and pentachlorophenol, herbicides such as and hexachlorocyclohexane, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

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