Sphingomonas pituitosa

Sphingomonas pituitosa
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Sphingomonadaceae
Genus: Sphingomonas
Species:
S. pituitosa
Binomial name
Sphingomonas pituitosa
Denner et al. 2001
Type strain
CIP 106154, DSM 13101, EDIV, IAM 15276, JCM 21727, NBRC 102491, NCIMB 13868

Sphingomonas pituitosa is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped and motile bacteria from the genus Sphingomonas which has been isolated from water from a eutrophic artificial spring in Austria. Sphingomonas pituitosa produces exopolysaccharide.