''Sphingomonas endophytica'' is a
Gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists ...
bacteria from the genus of
Sphingomonas
''Sphingomonas'' was defined in 1990 as a group of Gram-negative, rod-shaped, chemoheterotrophic, strictly Aerobic organism, aerobic bacteria. They possess ubiquinone 10 as their major Electron transport chain#Quinone carriers, respiratory quinon ...
which has been isolated from the root of the plant
Artemisia annua
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in the
Yunnan province
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Sphingomonas endophytica'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
endophytica
Bacteria described in 2012
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