parapedobacter lycopersici parapedobacter lycopersici parapedobacter lycopersici is a gram-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of parapedobacter which has been isolated from the rhizospheric soil from a tomato plant from a greenhouse from yecheon-gun in korea. parapedobacter lycopersici scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: sphingobacteriia order: sphingobacteriales family: sphingobacteriaceae genus: parapedobacter species: p. lycopersici binomial name parapedobacter lycopersicikim et al. 2017 type strain jcm 31602, kacc 18788, strain t16r-256