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Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Sphingomonadales
Family:	Erythrobacteraceae
Genus:	Novosphingobium
Species:	N. naphthalenivorans
Binomial name
Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans Suzuki and Hiraishi 2008
Type strain
DSM 18518, JCM 13951, NBRC 102051, TUT562

Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans is a Gram-negative and strictly aerobic bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from soil which was contaminated with polychlorinated-dioxin in Japan. Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans has the ability to degrade naphthalene.

References

1. ^ Parte, A.C. "Novosphingobium". LPSN.
2. ^ "Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans". www.uniprot.org.
3. ^ Suzuki, S; Hiraishi, A (August 2007). "Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans sp. nov., a naphthalene-degrading bacterium isolated from polychlorinated-dioxin-contaminated environments". The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 53 (4): 221–8. doi:10.2323/jgam.53.221. PMID 17878661.

External links

• Type strain of Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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