Table 1.

Strains of the Novosphingobium group

Strain	Isolation source	Country	Specific features	Reference
Y88	Pulp and paper wastewater	New Zealand	Uptake of Mn and Zn from paper mill effluents and is capable of nitrogen fixation and produces poly-3-hydroxybutyrate	[16]
US6-1	Muddy sediment of a bay	South Korea	Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, especially benzo(a)pyrene	[6]
Rr 2-17	Crown gall tumour	Hungary	Production of the bacterial signalling molecules of the acyl-homoserine lactone class	[11]
AP12	Populus deltoides rhizosphere	United States	Associated with the Populus deltoides rhizosphere	[12]
DSM 12444	Subsurface sediments	United States	Ability to grow on toluene, naphthalene and other aromatic compounds	[24]
PP1Y	Surface seawater sample from a closed bay	Italy	Degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic compounds	[7]