Sphingomonas pituitosa

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.^[1][3][4][5] Sphingomonas pituitosa produces exopolysaccharide.^[5]

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[1]
Type strain[2]
CIP 106154, DSM 13101, EDIV, IAM 15276, JCM 21727, NBRC 102491, NCIMB 13868