Sphingobium chlorophenolicum

Sphingobium chlorophenolicum
Colonies of the gram negative bacterium Sphingobium chlorophenolicum L1
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Sphingomonadaceae
Genus: Sphingobium
Species:
S. chlorophenolicum
Binomial name
Sphingobium chlorophenolicum
(Nohynek et al. 1995) Takeuchi et al. 2001[1]
Type strain[2]
ATCC 33790
Synonyms
  • Sphingomonas chlorophenolica Nohynek et al. 1995
  • Arthrobacter sp. ATCC 33790

Sphingobium chlorophenolicum is a species of gram-negative bacteria.[1] The type strain was first identified from North American soils contaminated with chlorophenols and was formally described in 1995.[2] It is of interest to researchers because it can mineralise the toxic pesticide pentachlorophenol (PCP).[3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b 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. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-4-1405.
  2. ^ a b Nohynek, Liisa J.; Suhonen, Eeva L.; Nurmiaho-Lassila, Eeva-Liisa; Hantula, Jarkko; Salkinoja-Salonen, Mirja (1995). "Description of Four Pentachlorophenol-Degrading Bacterial Strains as Sphingomonas chlorophenolica sp. nov". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 18 (4): 527–538. doi:10.1016/s0723-2020(11)80413-3.
  3. ^ Copley, Shelley D.; Rokicki, Joseph; Turner, Pernilla; Daligault, Hajnalka; Nolan, Matt; Land, Miriam (2012). "The Whole Genome Sequence of Sphingobium chlorophenolicum L-1: Insights into the Evolution of the Pentachlorophenol Degradation Pathway". Genome Biology and Evolution. 4 (2): 184–198. doi:10.1093/gbe/evr137. PMC 3318906. PMID 22179583.
  4. ^ "Why sequence Sphingobium chlorophenolicum?". DOE Joint Genome Institute. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  5. ^ Hlouchova, Klara; Rudolph, Johannes; Pietari, Jaana M. H.; Behlen, Linda S.; Copley, Shelley D. (2012-05-08). "Pentachlorophenol Hydroxylase, a Poorly Functioning Enzyme Required for Degradation of Pentachlorophenol by Sphingobium chlorophenolicum". Biochemistry. 51 (18): 3848–3860. doi:10.1021/bi300261p. ISSN 0006-2960. PMC 4251658. PMID 22482720.