stenotrophomonas bentonitica stenotrophomonas bentonitica stenotrophomonas bentonitica is a gram-negative, rod-shaped and aerobic bacterium from the genus of stenotrophomonas which has been isolated from soil from almeria in spain. stenotrophomonas bentonitica scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: xanthomonadales family: xanthomonadaceae genus: stenotrophomonas species: s. bentonitica binomial name stenotrophomonas bentoniticasanchez-castro et al. 2017 type strain cect 9180, dsm 103927, lmg 29893, strain bii-r7