Journal article

Publication year: 2007

Pages: 306-310

Journal: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volume number: 57

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 1466-5026

eISSN: 1466-5034

Open access status: Green

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64433-0

Publisher: Microbiology Society

Abstract: 
A bacterial strain capable of degrading some monochlorinated dibenzofurans, designated RW16T, was isolated from aerobic River Elbe sediments. The strain was characterized based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, DNA G+C content, physiological characteristics, polyamines, ubiquinone and polar lipid pattern and fatty acid composition. This analysis revealed that strain RW16T represents a novel species of the genus Sphingobium. The DNA G+C content of strain RW16T, 60.7 mol%, is the lowest yet reported for the genus. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis placed strain RW16T as an outlier in the genus Sphingobium. The name Sphingobium aromaticiconvertens sp. nov. is proposed for this dibenzofuran-mineralizing organism, with type strain RW16T (=DSM 12677T=CIP 109198T).

Harvard Citation style: Wittich, R., Busse, H., Kämpfer, P., Tiirola, M., Wieser, M., Macedo, A., et al. (2007) Sphingobium aromaticiconvertens sp. nov., a xenobiotic-compound-degrading bacterium from polluted river sediment., International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 57(2), pp. 306-310. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64433-0

APA Citation style: Wittich, R., Busse, H., Kämpfer, P., Tiirola, M., Wieser, M., Macedo, A., & Abraham, W. (2007). Sphingobium aromaticiconvertens sp. nov., a xenobiotic-compound-degrading bacterium from polluted river sediment.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57(2), 306-310. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64433-0