@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-51-1-73, author = "Vancanneyt, M and Schut, F and Snauwaert, C and Goris, J and Swings, J and Gottschal, J C", title = "Sphingomonas alaskensis sp. nov., a dominant bacterium from a marine oligotrophic environment.", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2001", volume = "51", number = "1", pages = "73-79", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-51-1-73", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-51-1-73", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Seven Gram-negative strains, isolated in 1990 from a 10(6)-fold dilution series of seawater from Resurrection Bay, a deep fjord of the Gulf of Alaska, were identified in a polyphasic taxonomic study. Analysis of 16S rDNA sequences and DNA-homology studies confirmed the phylogenetic position of all strains in the genus Sphingomonas and further indicated that all of the strains constitute a single homogeneous genomic species, distinct from all validly described Sphingomonas species. The ability to differentiate the species, both phenotypically and chemotaxonomically, from its nearest neighbours justifies the proposal of a new species name, Sphingomonas alaskensis sp. nov., for this taxon. Strain LMG 18877T (= RB2256T = DSM 13593T) was selected as the type strain.", }