''Sphingomonas changbaiensis'' is a
Gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...
and
rod-shaped
A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name ''Bacillu ...
bacteria from the genus of
Sphingomonas which has been isolated from forest soil from the
Changbai Mountains in the
Heilongjiang Province in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Sphingomonas changbaiensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
changbaiensis
Bacteria described in 2010
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