''Novosphingobium fluoreni'' 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 wa ...

, fluorene-degrading,

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 '' Bacil ...

and non-

spore In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, ...

-forming bacterium from the genus '' Novosphingobium'' which has been isolated rice seeds from Jiansanjiang in China.

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Type strain of ''Novosphingobium fluoreni'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacteria described in 2015 Sphingomonadales {{Sphingomonadales-stub