Sphingopyxis italica

Sphingopyxis italica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Sphingomonadales
Family:	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus:	Sphingopyxis
Species:	S. italica
Binomial name
	Sphingopyxis italica; Alias-Villegas et al. 2013

Sphingopyxis italica is a bacterium.^[1] It is Gram-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped and was isolated from volcanic rock in the Roman catacombs of Saint Callixtus in Rome. Its type strain is SC13E-S71^T ( = DSM 25229^T = CECT 8016^T).

^ Alias-Villegas, C.; Jurado, V.; Laiz, L.; Saiz-Jimenez, C. (2012). "Sphingopyxis italica sp. nov., isolated from Roman catacombs" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt 7): 2565–2569. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.046573-0. hdl:10261/64997. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 23264504.

[Alias-VillegasJurado2012-1] Alias-Villegas, C.; Jurado, V.; Laiz, L.; Saiz-Jimenez, C. (2012). "Sphingopyxis italica sp. nov., isolated from Roman catacombs" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt 7): 2565–2569. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.046573-0. hdl:10261/64997. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 23264504.

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