''Sphingomonas fennica'' is a bacterium 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 groundwater, which was collected near a
sawmill
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in
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Sphingomonas fennica'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
fennica
Bacteria described in 2007
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