Unusual gram negative bacterium that has glycosphingolipid instead of lipopolysaccharide and can degrade a wide variety of aromatic hydrocarbons. Novosphingobium aromaticivorans DSM 12444

Novosphingobium aromaticivorans strain DSM 12444. This strain, also known as F199, was isolated from a sample obtained at a depth of 410 m from a borehole sample that was drilled at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, USA, by the Department of Energy.