novosphingobium indicum novosphingobium indicum novosphingobium indicum is a bacterium from the genus novosphingobium which has been isolated from deep-sea water from the indian ocean. novosphingobium indicum hasd the ability to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. novosphingobium indicum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: erythrobacteraceae genus: novosphingobium species: n. indicum binomial name novosphingobium indicumyuan et al. 2009 type strain cgmcc 1.6784, h25, lai h25, lmg 24628, lmg 24713, mccc 1a01080 synonyms novosphingobium indian