Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans

Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Sphingomonadaceae
Genus: Sphingomonas
Species:
S. polyaromaticivorans
Binomial name
Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans
Luo et al. 2012
Type strain
JCM 16711, KCCM 42951, B2-7

Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans is a Gram-negative, aerobic, short-rod-shaped and non-motile bacteria from the genus Sphingomonas which has been isolated from water from the Botan Oil Port in Xiamen in China. Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans has the ability to degrade hydrocarbon compounds.