Sphingobium

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Sphingobium
Colonies of the gram negative bacterium Sphingobium chlorophenolicum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Sphingomonadales
Family:	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus:	Sphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001
Species[1]
Sphingobium abikonense[1] Sphingobium amiense Sphingobium aromaticiconvertens[1] Sphingobium baderi[1] Sphingobium barthaii[1] Sphingobium boecki[1] Sphingobium chinhatense[1] Sphingobium chlorophenolicum Sphingobium chungbukense[1] Sphingobium cloacae[1] Sphingobium cupriresistens[1] Sphingobium czechense[1] Sphingobium endophyticum[1] Sphingobium faniae[1] Sphingobium fontiphilum[1] Sphingobium francense[1] Sphingobium fuliginis[1] Sphingobium herbicidovorans[1] Sphingobium indicum[1] Sphingobium japonicum Sphingobium jiangsuense[1] Sphingobium lactosutens[1] Sphingobium limneticum[1] Sphingobium lucknowense[1] Sphingobium mellinum[1] Sphingobium olei[1] Sphingobium phenoxybenzoativorans[1] Sphingobium qiguonii[1] Sphingobium quisquiliarum[1] Sphingobium rhizovicinum[1] Sphingobium scionense[1] Sphingobium subterraneum[1] Sphingobium sufflavum[1] Sphingobium ummariense[1] Sphingobium vermicomposti[1] Sphingobium vulgare[1] Sphingobium wenxiniae[1] Sphingobium xanthum[1] Sphingobium xenophagum[1] Sphingobium yanoikuyae

Sphingobium species are different from other sphingomonads in that they are commonly isolated from soil; They can degrade a variety of chemicals in the environment such as aromatic and chloroaromatic compounds, phenols like nonylphenol and pentachlorophenol, herbicides such as (RS)-2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) propionic acid and hexachlorocyclohexane, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.