Sphingopyxis italica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Sphingomonadales |
Family: | Sphingomonadaceae |
Genus: | Sphingopyxis |
Species: | S. italica |
Binomial name | |
Sphingopyxis italica Alias-Villegas et al. 2013 |
Sphingopyxis italica is a bacterium. It is Gram-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped and was isolated from volcanic rock in the Roman catacombs of Saint Callixtus in Rome. Its type strain is SC13E-S71T ( = DSM 25229T = CECT 8016T).