sphingopyxis chilensis sphingopyxis chilensis sphingopyxis chilensis is a chlorophenol-degrading bacterium from the genus of sphingopyxis which has been isolated from sediments from the biobio river in chile. sphingopyxis chilensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: sphingomonadaceae genus: sphingopyxis species: s. chilensis binomial name sphingopyxis chilensisgodoy et al. 2003 type strain dsm 14889, lmg 20986, strain s37