Sphingomonas stygia

Sphingomonas stygia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Sphingomonadales
Family:	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus:	Sphingomonas
Binomial name
	Sphingomonas stygia; Balkwill et al. 1997
Synonyms
	Novosphingobium stygium (Takeuchi et al. 2001)

Sphingomonas stygia is a species of bacteria. It is an aromatic compound-degrading bacteria, it is gram-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile and rod-shaped. It is found in deep-terrestrial-subsurface sediments.^[1]

^ Balkwill, D. L.; Drake, G. R.; Reeves, R. H.; Fredrickson, J. K.; White, D. C.; Ringelberg, D. B.; Chandler, D. P.; Romine, M. F.; Kennedy, D. W.; Spadoni, C. M. (1997). "Taxonomic Study of Aromatic-Degrading Bacteria from Deep-Terrestrial-Subsurface Sediments and Description of Sphingomonas aromaticivorans sp. nov., Sphingomonas subterranea sp. nov., and Sphingomonas stygia sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (1): 191–201. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-1-191. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 8995822.

[BalkwillDrake1997-1] Balkwill, D. L.; Drake, G. R.; Reeves, R. H.; Fredrickson, J. K.; White, D. C.; Ringelberg, D. B.; Chandler, D. P.; Romine, M. F.; Kennedy, D. W.; Spadoni, C. M. (1997). "Taxonomic Study of Aromatic-Degrading Bacteria from Deep-Terrestrial-Subsurface Sediments and Description of Sphingomonas aromaticivorans sp. nov., Sphingomonas subterranea sp. nov., and Sphingomonas stygia sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (1): 191–201. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-1-191. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 8995822.

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