Sphingomonas wittichii

Sphingomonas wittichii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Sphingomonadales
Family:	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus:	Sphingomonas
Binomial name
Sphingomonas wittichii Yabuuchi et al. 2001

Sphingomonas wittichii is a species of bacteria.^[1] It was first isolated from water of the River Elbe. Its type strain is DSM 6014T (= JCM 10273T = EY 4224T). It is notable for metabolising dibenzo-p-dioxin and phenazine-1-carboxylic acid.^[2]

References

1. Yabuuchi E, Yamamoto H, Terakubo S, et al. (March 2001). "Proposal of Sphingomonas wittichii sp. nov. for strain RW1T, known as a dibenzo-p-dioxin metabolizer". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51 (Pt 2): 281–92. PMID 11321072. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
2. Ma Z, Shen X, Hu H, et al. (July 2012). "Genome sequence of Sphingomonas wittichii DP58, the first reported phenazine-1-carboxylic acid-degrading strain". Journal of Bacteriology. 194 (13): 3535–6. doi:10.1128/JB.00330-12. PMC 3434718. PMID 22689229. Retrieved 2013-07-22.

Further reading

• Miller, T. R.; Delcher, A. L.; Salzberg, S. L.; Saunders, E.; Detter, J. C.; Halden, R. U. (2010). "Genome Sequence of the Dioxin-Mineralizing Bacterium Sphingomonas wittichii RW1". Journal of Bacteriology. 192 (22): 6101–6102. doi:10.1128/JB.01030-10. ISSN 0021-9193.
• Raman MC, Johnson KA, Clarke DJ, Naismith JH, Campopiano DJ (September 2010). "The serine palmitoyltransferase from Sphingomonas wittichii RW1: An interesting link to an unusual acyl carrier protein". Biopolymers. 93 (9): 811–22. doi:10.1002/bip.21482. PMID 20578000. Retrieved 2013-07-22.

External links

• Sphingomonas wittichii at the Encyclopedia of Life
  
• Type strain of Sphingomonas wittichii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase