novosphingobium aromaticivorans novosphingobium aromaticivorans novosphingobium aromaticivorans is a species of bacteria. it is an aromatic compound-degrading bacteria, it is gram-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile and rod-shaped. it is found in deep-terrestrial-subsurface sediments. novosphingobium aromaticivorans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: erythrobacteraceae genus: novosphingobium species: n. aromaticivorans binomial name novosphingobium aromaticivoranscorrig. (balkwill et al. 1997) takeuchi et al. 2001 synonyms novosphingobium aromaticivorum (balkwill et al. 1997) takeuchi et al. 2001 sphingomonas aromaticivorans balkwill et al. 1997