mucilaginibacter paludis mucilaginibacter paludis mucilaginibacter paludis is a facultatively aerobic and heterotrophic bacterium from the genus of mucilaginibacter which has been isolated from acidic sphagnum peat bog in western siberia in russia. mucilaginibacter paludis has the ability to degrade pectin, xylan and laminarin. mucilaginibacter paludis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: sphingobacteriia order: sphingobacteriales family: sphingobacteriaceae genus: mucilaginibacter species: m. paludis binomial name mucilaginibacter paludispankratov et al. 2007 type strain atcc baa-1394, dsm 18603, tpt56, vkm b-2446