Novosphingobium is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes N. taihuense, which can degrade aromatic compounds such as phenol, aniline, nitrobenzene and phenanthrene. The species N. aromativorans, which was first found in Ulsan Bay, similarly degrades aromatic molecules of two to five rings.
Novosphingobium pentaromativorans is a species of high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium. It is Gram-negative, yellow-pigmented and halophilic. With type strain US6-1T. Its genome has been sequenced.
Novosphingobium acidiphilum is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, acidophilic, non-spore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of Novosphingobium which has been isolated from the subsurface water of the lake Grosse Fuchskuhle in Brandenburg in Germany.
Novosphingobium aquaticum is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, strictly aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from lake water in Suwon in Korea.
Novosphingobium aquiterrae is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, strictly aerobic, non-spore-formin and non-motile bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from ground water from Daejeon in Korea.
Novosphingobium arabidopsis is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and aerobic bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from the rhizosphere of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Novosphingobium arabidopsis is resistant against dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT).
Novosphingobium chloroacetimidivorans is a Gram-negative, chloroacetamide-degrading and non-spore-forming bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from activated sludge from a wastewater treatment plant in Kunshan City in China.
Novosphingobium fluoreni is a Gram-negative, fluorene-degrading, rod-shaped and non-spore-forming bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated rice seeds from Jiansanjiang in China.
Novosphingobium fuchskuhlense is a Gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from the lake Grosse Fuchskuhle in Brandenburg in Germany.
Novosphingobium gossypii is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and non-spore-forming bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from tissues from the plant Gossypium hirsutum.
Novosphingobium indicum is a bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from deep-sea water from the Indian Ocean. Novosphingobium indicum hasd the ability to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
Novosphingobium kunmingense is a Gram-negative, strictly aerobic and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from a phosphate mine in Kunming in China.
Novosphingobium lentum is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming, psychrotolerant and non-motile bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from chlorophenol-contaminated groundwater in Finland. Novosphingobium lentum has the ability to degrade chlorophenol.
Novosphingobium lindaniclasticum is a Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane dumpsite in Lucknow in India. Novosphingobium lindaniclasticum has the ability to degrade hexachlorocyclohexane.
Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans is a Gram-negative and strictly aerobic bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from soil which was contaminated with polychlorinated-dioxin in Japan. Novosphingobium naphthalenivorans has the ability to degrade naphthalene.
Novosphingobium panipatense is a Gram-negative and halophilic bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from oil-contaminated soil in Panipat in India.
Novosphingobium sediminicola is a Gram-negative, short rod-shaped, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacterium from the genus Novosphingobium which has been isolated from freshwater sediments from the Lake Hakha in Korea.
Caenibius tardaugens is an oestradiol-degrading bacterium from the family Sphingomonadaceae which has been isolated from activated sludge from a sewage treatment plant in Japan.
Lacibacter cauensis is a Gram-negative and aerobic bacterium from the genus of Lacibacter which has been isolated from sediments from the Taihu Lake in China.
Asticcacaulis taihuensis is a bacterium from the genus of Asticcacaulis which has been isolated from sediments of the Taihu Lake in China.
