parapedobacter deserti parapedobacter deserti parapedobacter deserti is a gram-negative, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus of parapedobacter which has been isolated from the stem of the plant haloxylon ammodendron. parapedobacter deserti scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: sphingobacteriia order: sphingobacteriales family: sphingobacteriaceae genus: parapedobacter species: p. deserti binomial name parapedobacter desertiliu et al. 2017 type strain accc 19928, kctc 52416, n5ssj16