Bacterium
sphingomonas
Subclass of:
Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci;
Sphingomonadaceae
Definitions related to sphingomonas:
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A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria characterized by an outer membrane that contains glycosphingolipids but lacks lipopolysaccharide. They have the ability to degrade a broad range of substituted aromatic compounds.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A genus of strictly aerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Sphingomonadaceae.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Sphingomonas genus level.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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