chemistry

Novosphingobium acidiphilum

Novosphingobium acidiphilum is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Novosphingobium acidiphilum rather than just read about it. In short: Novosphingobium acidiphilum is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, acidophilic, non-spore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of Novosphingobium which has been isolated from the subsurface water of the lake Grosse Fuchskuhle in Brandenburg in Germany. References Further reading Christian E.W., Steinberg (2012).

Key takeaways

Novosphingobium acidiphilum belongs to chemistry; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Novosphingobium acidiphilum to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Novosphingobium acidiphilum from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Novosphingobium acidiphilum is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, acidophilic, non-spore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of Novosphingobium which has been isolated from the subsurface water of the lake Grosse Fuchskuhle in Brandenburg in Germany.

References

Further reading Christian E.W., Steinberg (2012). Stress Ecology: Environmental Stress as Ecological Driving Force and Key Player in Evolution. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-94-007-2072-5. Atlas, Ronald M. (2010). Handbook of microbiological media (4th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Boca Raton, Fla. ISBN 978-1-4398-0408-7.

External links Type strain of Novosphingobium acidiphilum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Novosphingobium acidiphilum

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Novosphingobium acidiphilum claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Novosphingobium acidiphilum before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Novosphingobium acidiphilum ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Novosphingobium acidiphilum

In research: Novosphingobium acidiphilum appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Novosphingobium acidiphilum in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Novosphingobium acidiphilum is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Acidophiles, Bacteria described in 2009, Sphingomonadales, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Novosphingobium acidiphilum outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Novosphingobium acidiphilum in simple terms?

Why does Novosphingobium acidiphilum matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Novosphingobium acidiphilum?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Novosphingobium acidiphilum.