Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans

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.^[1][2][3][4] Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans has the ability to degrade hydrocarbon compounds.^[4]

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[1]
Type strain[2]
JCM 16711, KCCM 42951, B2-7