sphingobacterium anhuiense sphingobacterium anhuiense sphingobacterium anhuiense is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus of sphingobacterium which has been isolated from forest soil in the anhui province in china. sphingobacterium anhuiense scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: sphingobacteriia order: sphingobacteriales family: sphingobacteriaceae genus: sphingobacterium species: s. anhuiense binomial name sphingobacterium anhuiensewei et al. 2008 type strain cctcc ab 207197, cw 186, kctc 22209, lmg 24450 synonyms sphingobacterium anhuiensis