Novosphingobium pentaromativorans explained

Novosphingobium pentaromativorans is a species of high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium. It is Gram-negative, yellow-pigmented and halophilic. With type strain US6-1^T (=KCTC 10454^T =JCM 12182^T).^[1] Its genome has been sequenced.^[2]

Further reading

• Staley, James T., et al. "Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3."Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD (1989): 2250–2251.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Sohn. J. H.. Novosphingobium pentaromativorans sp. nov., a high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from estuarine sediment. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54. 5. 2004. 1483–1487. 1466-5026. 10.1099/ijs.0.02945-0. 15388699. free.
2. Luo. Y. R.. Kang. S. G.. Kim. S.-J.. Kim. M.-R.. Li. N.. Lee. J.-H.. Kwon. K. K.. Genome Sequence of Benzo(a)pyrene-Degrading Bacterium Novosphingobium pentaromativorans US6-1. Journal of Bacteriology. 194. 4. 2012. 907–907. 0021-9193. 10.1128/JB.06476-11. 22275104. 3272951.