sphingobacterium gobiense sphingobacterium gobiense sphingobacterium gobiense is a gram-negative, short rod-shaped, non-spore-formin and non-motile bacterium from the genus of sphingobacterium which has been isolated from soil from the gobi desert in the xinjiang province in china. sphingobacterium gobiense scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: sphingobacteriia order: sphingobacteriales family: sphingobacteriaceae genus: sphingobacterium species: s. gobiense binomial name sphingobacterium gobiensezhao et al. 2014 type strain accc 05757, kctc 32293, h7 synonyms sphingobacterium gobideserti