Sphingomonas formosensis

Sphingomonas formosensis is a Gram-negative and short rod-shaped bacteria from the genus Sphingomonas which has been isolated from agricultural soil in Kaohsiung County in Taiwan.^[1][3][4][5] Sphingomonas formosensis has the ability to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds.^[5]

Sphingomonas formosensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Sphingomonadales
Family:	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus:	Sphingomonas
Species:	S. formosensis
Binomial name
Sphingomonas formosensis Lin et al. 2012[1]
Type strain[2]
BCRC 80272, CC-Nfb-2, DSM 24164