sphingomonas changbaiensis sphingomonas changbaiensis sphingomonas changbaiensis is a gram-negative and rod-shaped bacteria from the genus of sphingomonas which has been isolated from forest soil from the changbai mountains in the heilongjiang province in china. sphingomonas changbaiensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: sphingomonadaceae genus: sphingomonas binomial name sphingomonas changbaiensiszhang et al. 2010 type strain cgmcc 1.7057, cip 110386, nbrc 104936, v2m44