Sphingomonas alaskensis sp. nov., a dominant bacterium from a marine oligotrophic environment.
Vancanneyt, M and Schut, F and Snauwaert, C and Goris, J and Swings, J and Gottschal, J C,, 51, 73-79 (2001),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-51-1-73,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1466-5026,
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.,
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