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Descriptor English: Sphingomonas
Descriptor Spanish: Sphingomonas
Descriptor Sphingomonas
Scope note: Género de bacterias gramnegativas, aerobias, con forma bacilar, que se caracterizan por tener una membrana externa que contiene glucoesfingolípidos pero carece de lipopolisacáridos. Pueden degradar una amplia gama de compuestos aromáticos sustituidos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Sphingomonas
Descriptor French: Sphingomonas
Tree number(s): B03.440.400.425.750
B03.660.050.800.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020578
Scope note: A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria characterized by an outer membrane that contains glycosphingolipids but lacks lipopolysaccharide. They have the ability to degrade a broad range of substituted aromatic compounds.
Annotation: infection: coord IM with GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
DeCS ID: 34105
Unique ID: D020578
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Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Sphingomonas - Preferred
Concept UI M0328587
Scope note A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria characterized by an outer membrane that contains glycosphingolipids but lacks lipopolysaccharide. They have the ability to degrade a broad range of substituted aromatic compounds.
Preferred term Sphingomonas



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