sphingobacterium ginsenosidimutans sphingobacterium ginsenosidimutans sphingobacterium ginsenosidimutans is a gram-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus of sphingobacterium which has been isolated from a ginseng field in pocheon in korea. sphingobacterium ginsenosidimutans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: sphingobacteriia order: sphingobacteriales family: sphingobacteriaceae genus: sphingobacterium species: s. ginsenosidimutans binomial name sphingobacterium ginsenosidimutansson et al. 2014 type strain jcm 16722, kacc 14526, thg 07