Sphingomonas stygia explained

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]

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 . 10.1099/00207713-51-4-1405. 11491340 . free .

External links

• • LPSN

Notes and 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.. 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. 1997. 191–201. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-47-1-191. 8995822. free.