Sphingobium chlorophenolicum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Sphingomonadales |
Family: | Sphingomonadaceae |
Genus: | Sphingobium |
Species: | S. chlorophenolicum |
Binomial name | |
Sphingobium chlorophenolicum (Nohynek et al. 1995) Takeuchi et al. 2001 [1] | |
Type strain [2] | |
ATCC 33790 | |
Synonyms | |
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Sphingobium chlorophenolicum is a species of gram-negative bacteria. [1] The type strain was first identified from North American soils contaminated with chlorophenols and was formally described in 1995. [2] It is of interest to researchers because it can mineralise the toxic pesticide pentachlorophenol (PCP). [3] [4] [5]