Sphingomonas abikonensis

Taxobox
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name = "Sphingomonas abikonensis"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Alpha Proteobacteria
ordo = Sphingomonadales
familia = Sphingomonadaceae
genus = Sphingomonas
binomial = "Sphingomonas abikonensis"
synonyms = "Pseudomonas abikonensis"

"Sphingomonas abikonensis" is a species of Gram-negative proteobacteria. Following 16S rRNA phylogenetic analysis, it was determined that the organism formerly classified as " 'P.' abikonensis" belonged in the "Sphingomonas" rRNA lineage [cite journal |author=Anzai, "et al." |title=Phylogenetic affiliation of the pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA sequence |journal=Int J Syst Evol Microbiol |volume=50 (Pt 4) |pages=1563–89 |year=2000, Jul |pmid=10939664] [Lee "et al." "The hierarchical system of the ' "Alphaproteobacteria" ': description of "Hyphomonadaceae" fam. nov., "Xanthobacteraceae" fam. nov. and "Erythrobacteraceae" fam. nov." //Int J Syst Evol Microbiol// 55 (2005), 1907-1919; PMID 16166687] . It is capable of forming freshwater biofilms [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=535146] .

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