sphingobacterium alimentarium sphingobacterium alimentarium sphingobacterium alimentarium is a gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of sphingobacterium which has been isolated from a dairy environment in germany. sphingobacterium alimentarium scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: sphingobacteriia order: sphingobacteriales family: sphingobacteriaceae genus: sphingobacterium species: s. alimentarium binomial name sphingobacterium alimentariumschmidt et al. 2012 type strain dsm 22362, dsm 22632, lmg 25273, wcc 4521