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Proposal of Sphingomonas wittichii sp. nov. for strain RW1T, known as a dibenzo-p-dioxin metabolizer.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Mar 2001
Yabuuchi E, Yamamoto H, Terakubo S, Okamura N, Naka T, Fujiwara N, Kobayashi K, Kosako Y, Hiraishi A
Abstract excerpt
A polyphasic taxonomic study was performed on Sphingomonas sp. strain RW1T. The organism was isolated from water of the River Elbe and has been known as a potent metabolizer of dibenzo-p-dioxin and its relatives. TLC of a mild alkaline hydrolysate of extractable cellular lipids of strain RW1T and type strains of 21 Sphingomonas species gave a spot of sphingoglycolipid (SGL)-1 (glucuronosyl ceramide), which is...
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