parafilimonas rhizosphaerae parafilimonas rhizosphaerae parafilimonas rhizosphaerae is a gram-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of parafilimonas which has been isolated from the rhizosphere of a tomato plant from buyeo-gun in korea. parafilimonas rhizosphaerae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: chitinophagia order: chitinophagales family: chitinophagaceae genus: parafilimonas species: p. rhizosphaerae binomial name parafilimonas rhizosphaeraecho et al. 2017 type strain jcm 31601, kacc 18786, t16e-198