sphingobacterium mucilaginosum sphingobacterium mucilaginosum sphingobacterium mucilaginosum is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic, short rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus of sphingobacterium which has been isolated from rhizosphere soil from a rose in china. sphingobacterium mucilaginosum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: sphingobacteriia order: sphingobacteriales family: sphingobacteriaceae genus: sphingobacterium species: s. mucilaginosum binomial name sphingobacterium mucilaginosumdu et al. 2015 type strain cctcc ab 2014317, kctc 42503, thg-sqa8