INTRODUCTION-The genus Sphingomonas was defined by Yabuuchi et al. (1990) as a group of Gram-negative, rod-shaped, chemoheterotrophic, strictly aerobic bacteria that possess ubiquinone 10 as the major respiratory quinone, contain glycosphingolipids (GSLs) instead of lipopolysaccharide in their cell envelopes, and typically produce yellow-pigmented colonies. By 2001, the genus included more than 20 species that were quite diverse in terms of their phylogenetic, ecological, and physiological properties. As a result, Takeuchi et al. (2001) subdivided Sphingomonas into four genera: Sphingomonas, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis...
Revised: May 4, 2007 |
Published: December 31, 2003
Citation
Balkwill D.L., J.K. Fredrickson, and M.F. Romine. 2003.Sphingomonas and Related Genera. In The Prokaryotes: An Evolving Electronic Resource for the Microbiological Community, 3rd ed. Release 3.14, edited by M. Dworkin. New York, New York:Springer-Verlag.PNNL-SA-39356.