sphingomonas formosensis sphingomonas formosensis sphingomonas formosensis is a gram-negative and short rod-shaped bacteria from the genus of sphingomonas which has been isolated from agricultural soil in kaohsiung county in taiwan. sphingomonas formosensis has the ability to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds. sphingomonas formosensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: sphingomonadaceae genus: sphingomonas binomial name sphingomonas formosensislin et al. 2012 type strain bcrc 80272, cc-nfb-2, dsm 24164