pedobacter ginsengisoli pedobacter ginsengisoli pedobacter ginsengisoli is a species of bacteria first isolated from a ginseng field, hence its name. it is gram-negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, non-motile and non-spore-forming bacterial strain with type strain gsoil 104t (=kctc 12576t =lmg 23399t). pedobacter ginsengisoli scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: sphingobacteriia order: sphingobacteriales family: sphingobacteriaceae genus: pedobacter species: pedobacter ginsengisoliten et al. 2006