sphingopyxis taejonensis sphingopyxis taejonensis sphingopyxis taejonensis is a bacterium from the genus of sphingopyxis which has been isolated from natural mineral water from taejon in korea. sphingopyxis taejonensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: sphingomonadaceae genus: sphingopyxis species: s. taejonensis binomial name sphingopyxis taejonensis(lee et al. 2001) pal et al. 2006 type strain dsm 15583, ifo 16724, jcm 11457, kccm 41068, kctc 2884, nbrc 16724, strain jss54 synonyms sphingomonas taejonensis