Disease relevance of Sphingobacterium

• Oleic acid transformations by selected strains of Sphingobacterium thalpophilum and Bacillus cereus from composted manure [1].

High impact information on Sphingobacterium

• The genus Sphingobacterium, whose members are Gram-negative non-fermentative rods, possesses ceramides and related sphingophospholipids (SPLs) with isoheptadecasphinganine and 2-hydroxy or non-hydroxy isopentadecanoic acid [2].
• The major carotenoid pigments of an Antarctic psychrotolerant bacterium, Sphingobacterium antarcticus, and a mesophilic bacterium, Sphingobacterium multivorum, were identified as zeaxanthin, beta-cryptoxanthin, and beta-carotene [3].
• A type of heparinase (heparin lysase, no EC number) was isolated from the periplasmic space of a novel species of Sphingobacterium by three-step osmotic shock [4].
• Zeaxanthin and menaquinone-7 biosynthesis in Sphingobacterium multivorum via the methylerythritol phosphate pathway [5].
• Feeding of [1-(13)C]glucose, [U-(13)C(6)]glucose, [3-(13)C]alanine and [1-(13)C]acetate to Sphingobacterium multivorum showed that this bacterium utilizes the methylerythritol phosphate pathway for the biosynthesis of menaquinone-7 and zeaxanthin, a carotenoid of industrial importance [5].

Chemical compound and disease context of Sphingobacterium

• Six strains of Sphingobacterium thalpophilum were isolated from a compost mixture enriched with oleic acid [6].
• Production of 10-ketostearic acid and 10-hydroxystearic acid by strains of Sphingobacterium thalpophilum isolated from composted manure [6].
• Sinigrin could also be used as a growth substrate by Sphingobacterium sp. strain OTG1, although at concentrations exceeding 0.15 mM degradation was not complete [7].
• Taxonomic studies indicated that NRRL strain B-14797, possessing 1,3-dihydroxy-2-amino-15-methylhexadecane and sphinganine bases, was closely related to Sphingobacterium thalpophilum, and NRRL B-14812 was identified as Bacillus cereus [1].
• Besides thioglucoside hydrolysis, several other glucoside hydrolase activities were detected in the Sphingobacterium sp. strain OTG1 cell free extract [7].

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