Sphingomonadaceae
Encyclopedia
Sphingomonadaceae are a family of Alpha Proteobacteria
that contain all the sphingomonads
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Proteobacteria
The Proteobacteria are a major group of bacteria. They include a wide variety of pathogens, such as Escherichia, Salmonella, Vibrio, Helicobacter, and many other notable genera....
that contain all the sphingomonads
Sphingomonas
Sphingomonas was defined in 1990 as a group of Gram-negative, rod-shaped, chemoheterotrophic, strictly aerobic bacteria. They possess ubiquinone 10 as their major respiratory quinone, contain glycosphingolipids instead of lipopolysaccharide in their cell envelopes, and typically produce...
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