pelomonas saccharophila pelomonas saccharophila pelomonas saccharophila is a gram-negative soil bacterium. it was originally named pseudomonas saccharophila in 1940, but was reclassified in 2005 to the newly created genus, pelomonas. the original strain was isolated from mud. pelomonas saccharophila scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: comamonadaceae genus: pelomonasxie and yokota 2005 binomial name pelomonas saccharophila(doudoroff 1940) xie and yokota 2005 synonyms pseudomonas saccharophila doudoroff 1940