Sphingomonadaceae

While most species within Sphingomonadaceae family are heterotrophic,^[7] some are phototrophic.

Some species of Sphingomonadaceae are known to degrade some aromatic compounds. This makes the bacteria of interest to environmental remediation.^[8]

The diverse metabolic capacity of genera within the Sphingomonadaceae family, such as Sphingobium, Novosphingobium,^[a] and Sphingopyxis enable these genera to adapt to and be abundant in the presence of bisphenol A. A microbial community with abundant Sphingomonadaceae members can degrade bisphenol A with a constant rate.^[9]

Some Sphingomonas species are able to produce sphingans, a kind of exopolysaccharides with certain viscosity. This property of sphingans makes it useful in many industries including food and pharmaceutical.^[10][7]

Bacteria within Sphingomonadaceae family are distributed in various environments, such as water,^[5] soil,^[11][12] sediment.^[7][13]

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature^[1] and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences.^[14][b]

Some members of the Sphingomonadaceae commonly exist in human-impacted environments, including drinking water systems,^[15][5] hospital and household tap water,^[16] and medical devices.^[17][18][19]

Most of the species of the Sphingomonadaceae are not known to be harmful to humans or plants.^[7] Some species can protect plants from disease-causing pathogens such as Thielaviopsis basicola, and Rhizoctonia solani.^{[7][12][11][20]}

The Sphingomonas and Sphingobium genera tend to have higher antibiotic resistance compared with three other genera within the Sphingomonadaceae: Novosphingobium,^[a] Sphingopyxis, and Blastomonas.^[5] 

• Dihydrosphingosine
• Glucuronic acid
• 2-Hydroxy acid, for 2′-hydroxymyristoyl
• Myristic acid, for 2′-hydroxymyristoyl