sphingopyxis indica sphingopyxis indica sphingopyxis indica is a gram-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus of sphingopyxis. sphingopyxis indica scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: sphingomonadaceae genus: sphingopyxis species: s. indica binomial name sphingopyxis indicajindal et al. 2013 type strain ccm 7542, mcc 2023, mtcc 9455, strain ds15