''Sphingobacterium alimentarium'' is a

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wa ...

and

rod-shaped A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name '' Bacil ...

bacterium from the genus of

Sphingobacterium ''Sphingobacterium'' is a genus in the family Sphingobacteriaceae. The genus ''Sphingobacterium'' is characterized by the high concentrations of sphingolipid, sphingophospholipids as lipid components.Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

References

External links

Type strain of ''Sphingobacterium alimentarium'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Sphingobacteriia Bacteria described in 2012 {{Sphingobacteriia-stub