| Sphingomonas phyllosphaerae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Sphingomonadales |
| Family: | Sphingomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Sphingomonas |
| Species: | S. phyllosphaerae |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphingomonas phyllosphaerae Rivas et al. 2004 | |
Sphingomonas phyllosphaerae is a species of bacterium. [1] It was first isolated from the phyllosphere of a leguminous tree, Acacia caven , in central Argentina. It is Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped and motile. Its type strain is FA2(T) (=LMG 21958(T)=CECT 5832(T)). Sphingomonas phyllosphaerae tested negative for amylase activity, indicating its inability to digest starches. This aligns with many other Sphingomonas species [2] . Other Sphingomonas species display motility by polar flagellation. Citrate testing shows that citrate is not a carbon source for most Sphingomonas species [1] . There are Sphingomonas species that show resistance to many different antibiotics. In the lab, this aligns with Sphingomonas and its ability to resist antibiotics [3] . Sphingomonas species are known to be cold-tolerant, which means the optimal temperature for growth is around 4 degrees Celsius [4]