Sphingomonas astaxanthinifaciens

Sphingomonas astaxanthinifaciens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Sphingomonadaceae
Genus: Sphingomonas
Species:
S. astaxanthinifaciens
Binomial name
Sphingomonas astaxanthinifaciens
Asker et al. 2008[1]
Type strain[2]
CCUG 53608, NBRC 102146, TDMA-17

Sphingomonas astaxanthinifaciens is a bacterium from the genus [[[Sphingomonas]] which has been isolated from fresh water in Misasa in Japan.[1][3][4][5] Sphingomonas astaxanthinifaciens has the ability to produce astaxanthin.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. Straininfo of Sphingomonas astaxanthinifaciens
  3. UniProt
  4. Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
  5. 1 2 Asker, D; Beppu, T; Ueda, K (August 2007). "Sphingomonas astaxanthinifaciens sp. nov., a novel astaxanthin-producing bacterium of the family Sphingomonadaceae isolated from Misasa, Tottori, Japan". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 273 (2): 140–8. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00760.x. PMID 17590230.

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