"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.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D020578
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.400.425.750 B03.660.050.800.750
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sphingomonas" by people in Profiles.
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Recognition of bacterial glycosphingolipids by natural killer T cells. Nature. 2005 Mar 24; 434(7032):520-5.
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Bacterial glycolipids and analogs as antigens for CD1d-restricted NKT cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Feb 01; 102(5):1351-6.