sphingobacterium hotanense sphingobacterium hotanense sphingobacterium hotanense is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of sphingobacterium which has been isolated from the populus euphratica forest from the hotan river valley in china. sphingobacterium hotanense scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: sphingobacteriia order: sphingobacteriales family: sphingobacteriaceae genus: sphingobacterium species: s. hotanense binomial name sphingobacterium hotanensexiao et al. 2013 type strain cctcc ab 209007, nrrl b-59204, xh4 synonyms sphingobacterium populus