Sphingopyxis

Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = "Sphingomonas"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Alpha Proteobacteria
ordo = Sphingomonadales
familia = Sphingomonadaceae
genus = "Sphingopyxis"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Sphingopyxis alaskensis"
"Sphingopyxis chilensis"
"Sphingopyxis composta"
"Sphingopyxis flavimaris"
"Sphingopyxis macrogoltabida"
"Sphingopyxis terrae"
"Sphingopyxis witflariensis"
"Sphingomonas yabuuchiae"

Sphingomonas is one of the four genera of sphingomonads.

"Sphingomonas alaskensis" and "S. flavimarisis" are the dominant bacteria in some marine oligotrophic environments. "S. chilensis" degrades chlorophenol. "S. macrogoltabida" and "S. terrae" degrade polyethylene glycol, and S. witflariensis was isolated from activated sludge.