sphingobium indicum sphingobium indicum sphingobium indicum is a hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacteria with type strain mtcc 6364t (=ccm 7286t). its genome has been sequenced. sphingobium indicum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: sphingomonadaceae genus: sphingobium species: s. indicumpal et al. 2005 binomial name sphingobium indicum