''Neptunomonas naphthovorans'' is a species of bacteria.
[Hedlund, Brian P., et al. "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation by a new marine bacterium, Neptunomonas naphthovorans gen. nov., sp. nov."Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65.1 (1999): 251-259.] It is notable for utilising
naphthalene
Naphthalene is an organic compound with formula . It is the simplest polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and is a white Crystal, crystalline solid with a characteristic odor that is detectable at concentrations as low as 0.08 Parts-per notation ...
as a sole carbon and energy source. Its type strain is NAG-2N-126.
References
Further reading
*Whitman, William B., et al., eds. Bergey's manual® of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 5. Springer, 2012.
*Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 6: Proteobacteria: Gamma Subclass. Vol. 6. Springer, 2006.
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External links
LPSNWORMS entryType strain of ''Neptunomonas naphthovorans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Oceanospirillales
Bacteria described in 1999
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