| Sphingomonas stygia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Alpha Proteobacteria |
| Order: | Sphingomonadales |
| Family: | Sphingomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Sphingomonas |
| Binomial name | |
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Sphingomonas stygia Balkwill et al. 1997 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Novosphingobium stygium (Takeuchi et al. 2001) |
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Novosphingobium stygium (Takeuchi et al. 2001)
Sphingomonas stygia is a species of bacteria. It is an aromatic compound-degrading bacteria, it is gram-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile and rod-shaped. It is found in deep-terrestrial-subsurface sediments.