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Sphingomonas

"Sphingomonas" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sphingomonas" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sphingomonas" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 3 publications over 2 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2016
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