sphingomonas xinjiangensis sphingomonas xinjiangensis sphingomonas xinjiangensis is a gram-negative, aerobic and motile bacteria from the genus of sphingomonas, which has been isolated from the desert sand of xinjiang in china. sphingomonas xinjiangensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: sphingomonadaceae genus: sphingomonas binomial name sphingomonas xinjiangensisan et al. 2011 type strain cctcc ab 208035, nrrl b-51332, 10-1-84