novosphingobium panipatense novosphingobium panipatense novosphingobium panipatense is a gram-negative and halophilic bacterium from the genus novosphingobium which has been isolated from oil-contaminated soil in panipat in india. novosphingobium panipatense scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: erythrobacteraceae genus: novosphingobium species: n. panipatense binomial name novosphingobium panipatensegupta et al. 2009 type strain ccm 7472, mtcc 9019, sm16 synonyms novosphingobium panipatensis