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Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci > Sphingomonas
Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Alphaproteobacteria > Sphingomonadaceae > Sphingomonas

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Sphingomonas  

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Note

  • infection: coord IM with GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria characterized by an outer membrane that contains glycosphingolipids but lacks lipopolysaccharide. They have the ability to degrade a broad range of substituted aromatic compounds.

History note

  • 2000

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020578

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