sphingomonas oligophenolica sphingomonas oligophenolica sphingomonas oligophenolica is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic and non-motile bacteria from the genus of sphingomonas which has been isolated from paddy field soil in japan. sphingomonas oligophenolica has the ability to degrade phenolic acids. sphingomonas oligophenolica scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: sphingomonadaceae genus: sphingomonas binomial name sphingomonas oligophenolicaohta et al. 2004 type strain ccug 56448, cip 107926, dsm 17107, jcm 12082, s213