SPHINGOBIUM

Sphingobium
	Colonies of the gram negative bacterium Sphingobium chlorophenolicum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Sphingomonadales
Family:	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus:	Sphingobium; Takeuchi et al. 2001
Species
	Sphingobium abikonense; Sphingobium amiense ; Sphingobium aromaticiconvertens; Sphingobium baderi; Sphingobium barthaii; Sphingobium boecki; Sphingobium chinhatense; Sphingobium chlorophenolicum ; Sphingobium chungbukense; Sphingobium cloacae; Sphingobium cupriresistens; Sphingobium czechense; Sphingobium endophyticum; Sphingobium faniae; Sphingobium fontiphilum; Sphingobium francense; Sphingobium fuliginis; Sphingobium herbicidovorans; Sphingobium indicum; Sphingobium japonicum; Sphingobium jiangsuense; Sphingobium lactosutens; Sphingobium limneticum; Sphingobium lucknowense; Sphingobium mellinum; Sphingobium olei; Sphingobium phenoxybenzoativorans; Sphingobium qiguonii; Sphingobium quisquiliarum; Sphingobium rhizovicinum; Sphingobium scionense; Sphingobium subterraneum; Sphingobium sufflavum; Sphingobium ummariense; Sphingobium vermicomposti; Sphingobium vulgare; Sphingobium wenxiniae; Sphingobium xanthum; Sphingobium xenophagum; Sphingobium yanoikuyae

Sphingobium species are different from other sphingomonads in that they are commonly isolated from soil; They can degrade a variety of chemicals in the environment such as aromatic and chloroaromatic compounds, phenols like nonylphenol and pentachlorophenol, herbicides such as (RS)-2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) propionic acid and hexachlorocyclohexane, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

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