sphingobacterium shayense sphingobacterium shayense sphingobacterium shayense is a bacterium from the genus of sphingobacterium which has been isolated from forest soil from a populus euphratica forest in xinjiang in china. sphingobacterium shayense scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: sphingobacteriia order: sphingobacteriales family: sphingobacteriaceae genus: sphingobacterium species: s. shayense binomial name sphingobacterium shayensehe et al. 2010 type strain cctcc ab 209006, hs39, nrrl b-59203